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Given information

Here the given molecules are:

, and 

We have to determine whether the given molecules are polar or non-polar.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

(a)

In , fluorine is more electronegative than carbon. The four fluorine atoms are arranged in a tetrahedral manner around the central carbon atom.

The dipole moment of each bond cancels out the dipole moment of the other bond. Hence,  is nonpolar.

 

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