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Bond angle in methane? Have been doing for 1 hr!
In the methane molecule, CH4, each hydrogen atom is at a corner of a regular tetrahedron with the carbon atom at the center. In coordinates where one of the C-H bonds is in the direction of i + j + k, an adjacent C-H bond is in the i - j - k direction. Calculate the angle between these two bonds?
I know this is a pyramid.
Homework Statement
In the methane molecule, CH4, each hydrogen atom is at a corner of a regular tetrahedron with the carbon atom at the center. In coordinates where one of the C-H bonds is in the direction of i + j + k, an adjacent C-H bond is in the i - j - k direction. Calculate the angle between these two bonds?
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I know this is a pyramid.