Assertion: reacts with to form chromyl chloride gas

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Problem

Assertion:

\mathrm{CrO_3}

reacts with

\mathrm{HCl}

to form chromyl chloride gas. Reason: Chromyl chloride,

\mathrm{CrO_2Cl_2}

, has a tetrahedral shape.