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In the anion RCOO^(-), the two carbon -oxygen bonds are found to be of equal length. What is the reason for it?

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The anion is obtained by removal of a proton from the ACID molecule.
Electronic orbitals of carbon ATOM are hybridised.
The C=O bond is weaker than the C-O bond.
The anion `RCOO^(-)` has TWO resonating STRUCTURES.

Solution :The anion `HCOO^(-)` has two equivalent resonating structures :


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