There is one s orbital, and there are three p orbitals, five d orbitals, and seven f orbitals. thus, the answer is b. do not confuse the number of orbitals in a subshell with the number of electrons the subshell can hold. each orbital can hold two electrons, so the capacity of an nf subshell is 14 electrons.
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the positions which points up in upward carbon and down in downward carbon are axial
and vice versa holds true for equatorial positions
so the correct answer with labelled diagram will be