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Explain by drawing the shape of methane molecule.

Methane is a saturated hydrocarbon and belongs to the alkane homologous series which is represented by the formula CnH2n+2.

All four of its valences are satisfied by single bonds with hydrogen atom giving a tetrahedral shape with the angle between any two bonds in methane molecule being 109o28’.



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