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Transcribed Image Text:What do resonance structures represent, such as the one shown? Please select all
the correct statements.
Rapidly interconverting structures
|A way of representing delocalized electrons in a structure
A way to show how electrons shift back and forth between atoms in a molecule
| To be considered correct, all resonance structures must be considered
simultaneously (resonance hybrid)
To be considered correct, the resonance structures should be considered
separately; the resonance hybrid is a simplification
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