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There are two possible resonance structures. These arise from the central carbon atom having a single covalent bond to one oxygen, and a double covalent bond to the other. The hydrogen-carbon bond is a single, and this doesn't change. The actual structure is a "blend" of the two possibilities, where the C-O bond length is equal; shorter than a single but longer than a double.

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