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Given information

Here, we are given with the atom and we have determine the molecular geometry of the atom.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The interior atom in molecule is a carbon atom. there are  carbon atoms but both are equivalent since each carbon atom is bonded to same number of the hydrogen atom.

Carbon has an atomic number  and thus its electronic configuration is  that is  valence electron.

  electron form single bond with hydrogen and one carbon atom, remaining one electron form double bond with the carbon atom

Hence in , interior atom has   hybridisation and trigonal planar molecular geometry.

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