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(A) In $XeF_6$,the central atom $Xe$ has $8$ valence electrons.
It forms $6$ bonds with $F$ atoms and has $1$ lone pair of electrons.
According to $

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Distorted octahedral

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(A) In $XeF_6$,the central atom $Xe$ has $8$ valence electrons.
It forms $6$ bonds with $F$ atoms and has $1$ lone pair of electrons.
According to $VSEPR$ theory,the steric number is $6 + 1 = 7$,which corresponds to a pentagonal bipyramidal electron geometry.
Due to the presence of the lone pair,the structure is distorted from a regular octahedral geometry,resulting in a $Distorted 	ext{ } octahedral$ structure.

The structure of $XeF_6$ is ...... .

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