Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 2A
Refer to the element pictured. How many covalent bonds could this atom form?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. None
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