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Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate. Each oxygen atom has a double bond 50% of the time. The actual structure of formate is an average of the two resonance forms. The actual structure of formate switches back and forth between the two resonance forms. Each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond.

          Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate.
Each oxygen atom has a double bond 50% of the time.
The actual structure of formate is an average of the two resonance forms.
The actual structure of formate switches back and forth between the two resonance forms.
Each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond.

Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate.
Each oxygen atom has a double bond 50% of the time.
The actual structure of formate is an average of the two resonance forms.
The actual structure of formate switches back and forth between the two resonance forms.
Each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond.

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Chemistry: Structure and Properties

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Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate: Each oxygen atom has a double bond 50% of the time. The actual structure of formate is an average of the two resonance forms. The actual structure of formate switches back and forth between the two resonance forms. Each carbon-oxygen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond.