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Here are the answers to a Questions on First Year Honors Hybridization.
1) # of atomic orbital "in" = # of hybridized orbital "out"
2a) # of outside atoms bonded to central atom
2c) # of LP (Lone Pairs) on central atoms
3) Look at the list of atomic orbitals (s,p,p,p,d,d,d,d,d: did not include subscripts) and count from L to R the number from Question 2. Then put them together.
4) d atomic orbitals.