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The Lewis structure for an element is the element symbol surrounded by dots numbering the total amount of valance electrons. Imagine a box is around the symbol...place the dots one on each side of the box. once there is one dot on each side, you will have to start putting a second one on each side. since no element has more than 8 valence electrons, you will never have more than 2 dots on each side

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hydrogen has 1 valance electron, so its Lewis dot structure will be...

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H

Note that is does not matter which side the dot is on

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