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Which of these is one of the reasons why hybridization of atomic orbitals explains the bonding in methane, CH4 better than considering atomic orbitals.
a) A ground state carbon atom has two unpaired electrons.
b)Hydrogen is too small an atom for its atomic orbital to overlap with a carbon atomic orbital.
c)Hybridization lowers the energy of all atomic orbitals.
d)Hybridization raises the energy of all atomic orbitals