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Question
The addition of HCl to an alkene proceeds in two steps. The first step is the attack of H+ ion to
portion which can be shown as:
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Solution

Explanation:
Since double bond is a source of electrons and the charge flows from source of more electron density, therefore, n electrons of the double bond attack the proton.

It can be shown as

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