Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 9 - Chemical Bonding I - Questions & Problems - Page 404: 9.30

Answer

Please see the work below.

Work Step by Step

We know that the number of lone pairs on the underlined atoms in the given compounds are as follows $HBr$ has 1 lone pairs. $H_2S$ has 2 lone pairs. $CH_4$ has 0 lone pairs.
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