Consider any one of the four identical hybrid orbitals in the 109.5° set.
a. What fraction of the clay in this hybrid orbital was originally red (carne from the 2s orbital)?
b. What fraction of the clay in this hybrid orbital was originally green (carne from a 2porbital)?
c. Explain the name “
d. In fact, each of the four hybrid orbitals in the 109.5° set is called an
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