What are the shapes of ethyne and methane?
- ASquare planar and linear
- BTetrahedral and trigonal planar
- CLinear and tetrahedral
- DTrigonal planar and linear
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| $I$ | $SiH_4$ | $sp^3$ | tetrahedral | $0$ |
| $II$ | $BeCl_2$ | $sp^2$ | linear | $1$ |
| $III$ | $SF_4$ | $dsp^3$ | square planar | $1$ |
| $IV$ | $SnCl_2$ | $sp$ | linear | $0$ |
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