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Q.

+ and - sign of the lobes of py orbital represents

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a

+ve represents maximum probability of finding electron and -ve represents minimum probability of finding electrons.

b

+ve and -ve signs are geometric sign of wave functions

c

+ve and -ve sign are +ve and -ve charge

d

All of the above

answer is A.

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  •  According to schrodinger wave equation,  an electron in an atom can be described by a differential equation, whose particular solutions are the atomic orbitals . 
  • These orbitals are represented by psi(greek), whose solution in the polar co-ordinates generate the shape of the orbital . 
  • For p orbital, the shape is dumbell with one lobe - & one +. 
  • These are the signs of ψ function & don't have any physical significance.
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