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title: "A student investigates the elementary gas-phase reaction between carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, represented by the equation below.  \\(\\text{CO(g)} + \\text{NO}_2\\text{(g)} \\rightarrow \\text{CO}_2\\text{(g)} + \\text{NO(g)}\\)  The reaction occurs via a single bimolecular collision in which a carbon-oxygen bond is formed and a nitrogen-oxygen bond is broken. Which of the following particulate representations best shows a collision orientation that can lead to the formation of products?"
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# A student investigates the elementary gas-phase reaction between carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, represented by the equation below.

\(\text{CO(g)} + \text{NO}_2\text{(g)} \rightarrow \text{CO}_2\text{(g)} + \text{NO(g)}\)

The reaction occurs via a single bimolecular collision in which a carbon-oxygen bond is formed and a nitrogen-oxygen bond is broken. Which of the following particulate representations best shows a collision orientation that can lead to the formation of products?

A student investigates the elementary gas-phase reaction between carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, represented by the equation below.

\(\text{CO(g)} + \text{NO}_2\text{(g)} \rightarrow \text{CO}_2\text{(g)} + \text{NO(g)}\)

The reaction occurs via a single bimolecular collision in which a carbon-oxygen bond is formed and a nitrogen-oxygen bond is broken. Which of the following particulate representations best shows a collision orientation that can lead to the formation of products?

- **A.** Diagram A
- **B.** Diagram B
- **C.** Diagram C
- **D.** Diagram D

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