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has been determined, they are placed into the structure according to these steps:
# Initially, one line (representing a single bond) is drawn between each pair of connected atoms.
# Each bond consists of a pair of electrons, so if t is the total number of electrons to be placed and n is the number of single bonds just drawn, electrons remain to be placed. These are temporarily drawn as dots, one per electron, to a maximum of eight per atom (two in the case of hydrogen), minus two for each bond.
# Electrons are distributed first

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