What is the Lewis dot structure for carbon monoxide?

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Anthony R.
May 22, 2017

See explanation:

Explanation:

Begin finding the chemical formula for carbon monoxide. That is CO

Then determine how many valence electrons each element has:
Carbon has 4 valence electrons and Oxygen has 6. In total, there are 10 valence electrons.

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