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title: "Noble gas compounds such as xenon difluoride, \\(\\text{XeF}_2\\), can be synthesized by the direct reaction of xenon gas with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures. Which of the following is the correct Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of \\(\\text{XeF}_2\\)?"
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# Noble gas compounds such as xenon difluoride, \(\text{XeF}_2\), can be synthesized by the direct reaction of xenon gas with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures. Which of the following is the correct Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of \(\text{XeF}_2\)?

Noble gas compounds such as xenon difluoride, \(\text{XeF}_2\), can be synthesized by the direct reaction of xenon gas with fluorine gas at elevated temperatures. Which of the following is the correct Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of \(\text{XeF}_2\)?

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

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