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Draw the structure of O3 and NO2.

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O3 Total valence electrons 6×3=18
But bond lengths between central oxygen & the other 2 oxygen are identical (1.278A0). Here O3 is resonance hybrid of following Lewis structures.
NO2 :
It has a total of 17 valence electrons. If we draw Lewis structure, we get

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