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OpenStudy (anonymous):

can something be trigonal bipyramidal and linear at the same

OpenStudy (surry99):

yes, it could have 3 lone pairs of electrons that occupy the equatorial positions while the axial positions are occupied by two elements. So taking into account all bonding and lone pairs it is TBP but looking at bonding pairs only it is linear

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