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Start by drawing the lewis structure of clo2-.
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Clo2 - has 7, 12, 20 valence electrons, chlorine in the middle, oxygen, so 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and a minus one charge.
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We want to calculate the formal charge of each atom.
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The formal charge is calculated by taking the number of valence electrons, subtracting the number of non -bonding electrons minus the number of bonding electrons divided by two...