discrepancy in the solution of various instituites

in the BrF5 question
the asked the number of F-Br-F bonds having 90 degree angle
many say 0 many say 8

but i think answer must be 4

because of the lone pair distortion the four F in the corners of square

are going to be elevated equally annd hence the angle betwwen them

must be 90

so answer must be 4

here is a screen shot of 3d generator of BrF5 molecule

this picture has been taken by keeping the lone pair in front of our eyes
just as we do while assigning R-S notation for enentiomers

plz see

we can clearly see that 4 F-Br-F bonds are 90

6 Answers

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Manmay kumar Mohanty ·

ya but this is wat fiitjee says." All four planar bonds (F−Br−F) will reduce from 90° to 84.8° after lp − bp repulsion."

but even thgh i thnk the arrangement wuld have been as lp on the axis with one F and 4 F on the plane, to avoid repulsion so why again we need to consider replulsion for bond angle.
Moreover in the xam i confidently rote the answer as 4 as i thgt i am correct but since then i got to learn solutions of many institutes and every one says it shuld be zero.

I just dont get it how ...[7]

Moreover i have another doubt
why shuld the fission reaction be like this :
92U235 + 0n1 → 54Xe + 38Sr90 + 40n1.
since we know that fission reaction occurs by bombardment of neutrons to the nucleus then how everyone's mentioning reaction as 92U235 → 54Xe + 38Sr90 + 30n1. [7]

i thnk my understanding is reasonable enough.
but IIT this time sucked.[59]

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the ans shud be 4

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Unicorn--- Extinct!! ·

Yup...it sucked big time!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Enlightened One - jsg ·

now..for that I have no doubt..i agree with others..its HIGH time that they put a RE-TEST..

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ayush_gupta ·

When, i initially saw the prob even i thought the as would be 4.
but the ans is 0 itself.
Take 4 pens in ur hand then tilt all pens below by the same angle 45° just think that would it remain 90°.
no all the 8 angles will change. i dont know by how much exactly but they will surely do change.
try evrything practically u will surely get the ans

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ayush_gupta ·

for small angles it mey appear that the angle remains 90° but it actually changes although by a small amount

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