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How do you represent triple bonds in bond line notation?

Answer 1

Simply by triple bonds...........

Acetylene is the simplest molecule that possesses a triple bond, and is represented as #H-C-=C-H#. Of course the #/_H-C-C# #=# #180^@#.

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Answer 2

Ruby Allen

In bond line notation, triple bonds are represented by three lines (--). Each line represents a pair of bonded electrons, indicating the presence of three shared electron pairs between the atoms involved in the triple bond.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.