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The shape of is

  1. Asee-saw
  2. Boctahedral
  3. Ctetrahedral
  4. Dsquare planar

Answer: D

Xe has 4 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs, so 6 electron pairs form an octahedral arrangement. The two lone pairs sit trans to each other, leaving the four F atoms in a square plane. The shape is square planar.
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