Only the electrons in the shell are taken into account in the Lewis dot structure.

innermost

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outermost

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penultimate

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Solution

The correct option is B outermost
The outermost shell is called the valence shell and the electrons in the valence shell are called valence electrons. Lewis dot structure is a representation of these valence electrons to understand chemical bonding.

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