Which of the following factors do not influence the length of a covalent bond?

(a) the tendency of atoms to fill the outer electron shells
(b) the attractive forces between negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei
(c) the repulsive forces between the positively charged nuclei
(d) the minimization of repulsive forces between the two nuclei by the cloud of shared electrons


(a)

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