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The Formal Charge on the Oxygen Atoms in the Lewis

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The formal charge on the oxygen atoms in the Lewis structure for sulfur dioxide (SO2) that minimizes the formal charges is ________


A) 0 for both oxygen atoms.
B) +1 for both oxygen atoms.
C) -1 for both oxygen atoms.
D) 0 for one oxygen atom, -1 for the other.
E) +1 for one oxygen atom, -1 for the other.

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