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Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate

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Select the true statements regarding these resonance structures of formate. The actual structure of formate is an average of the two resonance forms. Each carbon-oyxgen bond is somewhere between a single and double bond. The actual structure of formate switches back and forth between the two resonance forms. Each oxygen atom has a double bond 50% of the time.