Trigonal bipyramidal geometry is shown by:

X e O F_{2}

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X e O_{3} F_{2}

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F X e O S O_{2} F

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[X e F_{8}]^{2 -}

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Solution

The correct option is B $X e O_{3} F_{2}$
In the molecule $X e O_{3} F_{2}$ the steric number of $X e$ is 5 as there are 5 sigma bonds and 0 lone pairs. Therefore 5 steric number implies that the hybridization is $s p^{3} d$ and hence the geometry is triagonal bipyramidal.

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