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a.

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The cesium is a nonmetal and as far from fluorine as an element can be. The bond is ionic.

b.

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The boron and At are both four atoms away from fluorine. The EN values are boron, 2.0, and astatine, At, 2.2. The electronegativity difference is very small. The bond is slightly polar.

c.

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Hydrogen is a bad acting element. It really has an electronegativity that would put it at the bottom of group 7A. The bond between hydrogen and oxygen is one of the most polar covalent bonds possible. They have very different electronegativity, EN, values. Actually hydrogen has EN = 2.1. Oxygen is second only to fluorine in the electronegativity scale. Oxygen has EN = 3.5. The values are different by 1.4 units. The bond is very polar.

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