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  4. Statement I: Formal charges help in the selection of the lowest energy structure from a number of possible Lewis structures for a given species. Statement II: The extent of overlap does not decide the strength of a covalent bond.

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Q. Statement I : Formal charges help in the selection of the lowest energy structure from a number of possible Lewis structures for a given species.
Statement II : The extent of overlap does not decide the strength of a covalent bond.

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

The extent o f overlap decides the strength of a covalent bond.