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Which outcome occurs when representing hybrid atomic orbitals using only real-valued angular functions?

A)Loss of complex phase information
B)Enhanced electron density visualization
C)Increased computational symmetry
D)Accurate energetic state determination

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Real-valued angular functions in hybrid orbitals cause loss of complex phase, because the Phase Factor elimination simplifies the function, therefore spatial orientation becomes partially undefined, rather than defining accurate probability distributions like complex functions, whose amplitudes and node determine quantum states.

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