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Problem Solving: examples for Chapter 9

The four problem-solving steps we use are:

• READ the question carefully and actively
• PLAN your approach
• SOLVE the problem
• CHECK your answer

The examples below come from Chapter 9 of your textbook, Molecular Bonding and Geometry. Don't think that just studying these problems is sufficient preparation! They represent a small sampling only. You should also try problems from your textbook and from old exams.

Before watching the model answers, download the questions () first and try them yourself. When you get stuck, play the movie as far as you need to get unstuck. The end of each movie reveals the complete model answer.

1. VSEPR I | 2. VSEPR II | 3. Hybrid Orbitals I | 4. Hybrid Orbitals II | 5. Shape and Hybridization of Molecules I | 6. Shape and Hybridization of Molecules II | 7. Molecular Polarity I | 8. Molecular Polarity II | 9. Bonding Orbitals I | 10. Bonding Orbitals I