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The shape of the $SF X_{6}$ molecule is

ATrigonal bipyramidal
BSquare planar
COctahedral
DTrigonal prismatic

Answer: C

Sulfur has six bond pairs and no lone pair, so repulsion is minimum in a regular octahedron.

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