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Question
What type of bonds are present in water molecule? Draw the electron-dot structure of water (H2O).
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Solution
The chemical bond present in a water molecule is covalent bond because one oxygen atom shares its two electrons with two hydrogen atoms.
The electron-dot structure of a water molecule is represented as:

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- \[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
\ce{H - C - C - C - H}\\
|\phantom{.....}|\phantom{.....}|\\
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|\\
\ce{H}\\
\end{array}\] - \[\begin{array}{cc}
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|\phantom{.....}\backslash\phantom{..}|\\
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