Which statement best describes what happens to the carbon atom in formaldehyde as a result of the hybridization process?

The electrons in the neutral carbon atom are redistributed so that there are three lone electrons in the three 2p orbitals and one lone electron in the 2s orbital.

Hybridization of carbon results in the breakup of an electron pair and a slight increase in the overall energy of the system.

The geometry of the sp² hybrids points at the corners of an equilateral triangle.

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