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Given information

The compound is given. It is required to write the Lewis structure for each compound and to distinguish between ionic and covalent compounds.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

(Xenon tetroxide) is a Covalent Compound as Xe and O are nonmetal elements.

Xe and 4 O atoms, there are 8 + 4x6 = 32 total valence electrons.

The Xe atom is attached to all four oxygen atoms.

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