However, the molecule we can encounter everyday continuously vibrates and interact with the surrounding causing its bond vector to vary slightly. According to a new spectroscopy analysis, the adjacent bond vectors was found to be A = 1.06i + 0.98j + 0.9k B = 0.83i + -0.81j + -0.87k

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In the methane molecule, CH4, each hydrogen atom is at the corner of a regular tetrahedron with the carbon atom at the center. If one of the C-H is in the direction of

A=i+j+k

and an adjacent C-H bond is at the direction

B=i-j-k

results to an angular bond of approximately 109o for a static frozen molecule. 

However, the molecule we can encounter everyday continuously vibrates and interact with the surrounding causing its bond vector to vary slightly. According to a new spectroscopy analysis, the adjacent bond vectors was found to be

A = 1.06i + 0.98j + 0.9k

B = 0.83i + -0.81j + -0.87k

What is the angle (in degrees) between the bonds based on this new data?

Note: Only 1% of error is permitted for the correct answer.

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