The geometrical shapes of XeF5+,XeF6, and XeF82− respectively are

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trigonal bipyramidal, octahedral, and square planar

square-based pyramidal , distorted octahedral, and octahedral

planar pentagonal, octahedral, and square anti prismatic

square-based pyramidal, distorted octahedral, and square antiprismatic

answer is D.

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Number of electron pair in XeF5+=12(8+5−1+0)=6⇒ sp3d2 : Square-based pyramidalNumber of electron pair in XeF6=12(8+6−0+0)=7⇒sp3d3; distorted octahedral In XeF82− , Number of electron pair in =12(8+8+2)=9

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