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A tetrahedral molecule with the central atom bonded to four other atoms or molecules that are the same will always be non-polar because the electronegativities of the four bonds cancel each other out. Other molecular shapes that will follow this rule would be linear, trigonal planar, pyramidal, and octahedral. There are a few other molecules that are non-polar but these are the most common

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