NH3 molecule did not use sp3 hybridized orbitals

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20. If the central N in the NH3 molecule did not use sp3 hybridized orbitals. What would be the expected angle in NH3?

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I should just consider 3 of the H: [tex]1s^{1}[/tex] bonding with the [tex]P_{x} , P_{y} , P_{z}[/tex] respectively and the angle is 90deg since they are orthogonal to one another.
 
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