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Given information

Here the given molecule is:

Hydrogen peroxide 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The structure of  is,

 

 

From the above figure, it is concluded that contains two  and two  atoms..

The two oxygen atoms are equivalent as they are bonded to the same type of atoms.

 

From the figure, it is concluded that the interior oxygen has four electron groups, that is two bonding pairs and two lone pairs.

According to VSEPR theory, the molecule that has four electron groups, that is two bonding pairs and two lone pairs has bent molecular geometry.

Therefore, the interior oxygen have bent molecular geometry.

 

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