Carbon atom is able to acquire stability by forming ___ covalent bonds due to sharing of its valence electrons with other atoms.

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Carbon's outermost shell contains four electrons. To achieve a stable configuration, it must either lose these four electrons or gain four more electrons.
Carbon atom cannot form a bond by either losing its valence electrons or gaining four more electrons.
Carbon atom overcomes this challenge by sharing its valence electrons.
Carbon atom shares their four valence electrons to form four covalent bond with other atoms.
The formation of covalent bonds allows the Carbon atom to gain stability.
Therefore, the Carbon atom is able to acquire stability by forming _four__ covalent bonds due to sharing of its valence electrons with other atoms.

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