Lone Pairs Affecting Bond Angles/Shape?

[Florence-1F]

Part of the topics say: "Explain why lone pairs are more likely to found in certain locations around a central atom and how and why they affect the bond angles in a molecule, cation, or anion." Can someone please explain this specific topic please? Also, what is it called when something has more than one lone pair?

[alexagreco1A]

Lone pairs affect bond angles by decreasing them due to increase repulsion. Because of this, any molecule with lone pairs will have bond angles that are slightly less than predicted.

[Tarek Abushamma]

Lone pairs reduce bonding angles because they take up more space, resulting from their higher electron-electron repulsion, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean by something that has more than one pair having a specific name.

[Chem_Mod]

Yes, this is why lone pairs occupy the equatorial positions when there are five regions of electron density (seesaw shape, t-shape, linear shape)

[Ashley P 4I]

Lone pairs decrease bong angles. Got it. Thank you!!