How do you figure out how many bonds an element could make based on its position on the periodic table?

It's called the HONC rule, or sometimes known as HONC 1234 rule. The number refers to the number of bonds each of the element makes: Hydrogen makes 1 bond, Oxygen makes 2 bonds, Nitrogen makes 3 bonds and Carbon makes 4 bonds.

Explanation:

Explanation:

an atom can go any distance to complete its octet! Long answer. Carbon the most common atom in organic compounds can form four bounds because it has 4 valence electrons. Therefore, needs four more electrons to complete the octet

the answer is a! (2.9 x 10^-18 j) hope i could someone. : )