The correct arrangement of the species in decreasing order of the bond length between carbon and oxygen in them is:

Question

$CO_2, HCO_2^-, CO, CO_3^{2-}$

$CO, CO_3^{2-}, CO_2, HCO_2^-$

$CO, CO_2, HCO_2^-, CO_3^{2-}$

$CO_3^{-2}, HCO_2^-, CO_2, CO$

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