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The geometry of H3O+ ion is

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a

Planar
 

b

Tetrahedral

c

Triangular
 

d

Pyramidal
 

answer is C.

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The shape of H3O+is pyramidal as the '3' hydrogen atoms lie at three corners of oxygen as a triangle, and one lone pair of electrons on oxygen attains a pyramidal shape. Due to the repulsion between lone pair and bond pair, the shape is pyramidal. 

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