Answer:
Carbon has
four valence electrons and oxygen has six valence electrons.
Total valence electrons available are = 4 + 6 = 10
Carbon and oxygen atoms combine by sharing six electrons between
them. Two covalent bonds and a coordinate bond are formed, i.e., two electrons
are contributed by carbon and four electrons by oxygen atom.
In this way both the atoms achieve octet in their valence shell.
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