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Transcribed Image Text:Draw the Lewis structure of CIF3 (with minimized formal charges) and then
determine its electron domain and molecular geometries.
A) trigonal bipyramidal / pentagonal
B) trigonal bipyramidal / t-shaped
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C) trigonal / pyramidal
D) trigonal / square planar
E) pyramidal / pentagonal
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