VSPER Formula for Compounds with No Lone Pairs

[RRahimtoola1I]

What would the VSPER formula for a compound with a tetrahedral shape look like?

Do we just not include "E" when writing the formula?

[Robert Tran 1B]

The VSPER formula would be AX4, since there is one central atom and four bonded atoms. The E will not be included since there are no lone pair electrons.

[Sadhana_Dicussion_4A]

The VSEPR formula for a compound with tetrahedral shape would be AX₄ since tetrahedral shape molecules have one central atom and 4 atoms bonded to it.

[Hannah Romano 4D]

The "E" is only included to show that lone pairs are present. For tetrahedral shape, the VSEPR notation is AX4.

[Sanjana Munagala_1j]

Think of the subscripts like exponents if we had X^0 this would yield one, similarly when there are no lone pairs you could think of it as E^0 or simply 1.
Hope that helps!