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Yes carbon tetrachloride is tetrahedral because the base atom carbon has to have 8 valence electrons and sharing with the 4 chlorine atoms giving the carbon 8 valence electrons and so far each chlorine atom has two but all together there has to be 32 valence electrons and so surrounding 6 to each chlorine atom that already has two gives you 32 because 8×4=32

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