Among the triatomic molecules/ions, BeCl 2 , 
, N 2 O, 
, O 3 , SCl 2 , 
, 
and XeF 2 , the total number of linear molecule(s)/ion(s) where the hybridization of the central atom does not have contribution from the d-orbital(s) is
[Atomic number: S = 16, Cl = 17, I = 53 and Xe = 54]
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(4) 
BeCl 2 
sp 
linear
sp 
linear
N 2 O 
sp 
linear
sp 
linear
O 3 
sp 
bent
SCl 2 
sp 
bent
sp 3 d 
linear
sp 3 d 
linear
XeF 2 
sp 3 d 
linear
So among the following only four (4) has linear shape and no d-orbital is involved in hybridization.
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