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Question
Write Lewis structure of the following compounds and show formal charge on atom.
\[\ce{HNO3}\]
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Solution
Formal charge on an atom in a Lewis structure = [Total number of valence electrons in free atom] – [Total number of non-bonding (lone pairs) electrons]
= `- 1/2` [Total number of bonding or shared electrons]
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