An individual carbon-oxygen bond is polar. Yet carbon dioxide, CO2, which has two carbon-oxygen bonds, is nonpolar because

A. the molecule has an even number of electrons.
B. the electron-pulls of the two oxygen atoms are equal and opposite.
C. it has a greater symmetry.
D. Two of the above are reasonable.


Answer: D

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