The formal charge is the charge an element would have in a

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The formal charge is the charge an element would have in a molecule or ion if all of the bonding electrons were shared equally between atoms We can draw three inequivalent Lewis structures for the bromate ion BrO3 The concepts of formal charge and electronegativity can help us choose the structure that is the best representation 1 Assign formal charges to the elements in each of the structures below Note Count oxygen atoms starting from the left for each structure Formal Charge Br 01 02 03 0 Br 0 A Br 0 0 0 B 0000 2 The best Lewis structure for BrO3 is Br 0 0 C needed for this question 0 0000 Previous