Consider the following species , , , , , , , Then calculate value of

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Problem

Consider the following species

\text{NO}_3^-

\text{SO}_4^{2-}

\text{ClO}_3^-

\text{SO}_3

\text{PO}_4^{3-}

\text{XeO}_3

\text{CO}_3^{2-}

\text{SO}_3^{2-}

Then calculate value of

|x - y|

, where

x

: Total number of species which have bond order 1.5 or greater than 1.5

y

: Total number of species which have bond order less than 1.5