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In the ground state of Cu+, the number of shells occupied, sub-shells occupied, filled orbitals and unpaired electrons respectively are:

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4, 8, 15, 0
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3, 6, 15, 1
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3, 6, 14, 0
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4, 7, 14, 2
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Solution

The correct option is D 3, 6, 14, 0
29Cu=1s2,2s2,2p6,3s2,3p6,4s1,3d10
Cu+=1s2,2s2,2p6,3s2,3p6,3d10,4s0
Total number of shells occupied = 3
Number of sub-shells occupied = 6
Number of orbitals filled = 14
Number of unpaired electrons = 0

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