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In PO43 ion, the formal charge on each oxygen atom and P-O bond order respectively are

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a

0.75,1.25

b

0.75,1.0

c

0.75,0.6

d

3,1.25

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Bond order = Total number of bonds between atoms  Total number of resonating structure 
 

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Resonance structures of Phosphate ion


Bond order =5​/4=1.25

In a given resonance structure, the O atom that forms double bond has formal charge of 0 and the remaining 3 O atoms have formal charge of -1 each.
In the resonance hybrid, a total of -3 charge is distributed over four O atoms. 

Thus the formal charge of each O atom = −3​/4 = −0.75.

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