Total number of degrees of freedom of a rigid diatomic molecule is:

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Solution

The correct option is B 5
Rigid diatomic molecules have 3 translational degrees of freedom and 2 rotational degrees of freedom.
So, total number of degrees of freedom of a rigid diatomic molecule is 5

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