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Xe belongs to the noble gas family so has 8 valence electrons...Xe => 5s25p6.......

Two of these are bonded with fluorine. Thus it is left with 6 electronss i.e. 3 lone pairs....

So hybridization is sp3d ....the shape that should be =>Trigonal bipyramidal....

But it has 3 lone pairs on equatorial plane & 2 bond pairs on axial .....so final shape =>LINEAR...

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