Draw the Lewis dot structure of nitric acid

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Lewis dot structure of HNO₃ is drawn as:

• First, determine the central atom which can bind with most atoms and here that must be nitrogen as it binds with three atoms.
• No. of valence electrons of each atom should be written.
• The bonds are arranged by showing electrons as dots as follows-

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