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The number of bridging CO ligand(s) and Co-Co bond(s) in $\mathrm{Co}_{2}(\mathrm{CO})_{8},$ respectively are:
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2 and 1
The structure of $\mathrm{Co}_{2}(\mathrm{CO})_{8}$ is represented as

It contains two bridging CO ligands and one metal - metal $(\mathrm{Co}-\mathrm{Co})$ bond

It contains two bridging CO ligands and one metal - metal $(\mathrm{Co}-\mathrm{Co})$ bond
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