Explain in one or two sentences why all four S–O bonds in the sulfate ion (SO₄²⁻) are…

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Explain in one or two sentences why all four S–O bonds in the sulfate ion (SO₄²⁻) are observed to have the same length, even though a single Lewis structure appears to show two single bonds and two double bonds.

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