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The ozone molecule is

  1. Atriangular, with three equal O-O bonds
  2. Bbent, with both O-O bonds of equal length (bond order 1.5) owing to resonance
  3. Cbent, with one O=O and one O-O bond of different lengths
  4. Dlinear, with one O=O and one O-O bond

Answer: B

Ozone is a bent (V-shaped) molecule whose two resonance structures make both O-O bonds equal, with bond order .
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