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The shape of is

  1. Atrigonal planar
  2. Btrigonal pyramidal
  3. CT-shaped
  4. Dsee-saw

Answer: C

Xe has 3 bond pairs and 2 lone pairs, i.e. 5 pairs with hybridisation. The two lone pairs occupy equatorial positions of the trigonal bipyramid, so the three F atoms give a T shape.
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