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Hybridization is the mixing of valence atomic orbitals to get equivalent hybridized orbitals that having similar characteristics and energy.
Geometry of different types of molecule with respect to the hybridizations are mentioned are mentioned below,
Bond angle is the angle between two bonds of a molecule and it is determined based on the electron-domain geometry.
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