Write the Lewis structure for GeH4. What is the correct information about the electron-pair arrangement and shape of the molecule?
Question 38Select one:
a.
(Electron-pair arrangement: AX4, SN = 4; tetrahedral.) Shape: tetrahedral.
b.
(Electron-pair arrangement: AX2E, SN = 3; trigonal planar.) Shape: bent.
c.
(Electron-pair arrangement: AX4E2, SN = 6, and octahedral.) Shape: square planar.
d.
(Electron-pair arrangement: AX4E, SN = 5, and trigonal bipyramidal.) Shape: seesaw.
e.
(Electron-pair arrangement: AX2E3, SN = 5, and trigonal bipyramidal.) Shape: linear.