In the compound CH₃Cl, the C atom has an electronegativity of 2.5 while the H atom has an electronegativity of 2.1. Given this information, the differences in the electronegativity for the C and H atom will result in the C-H bond being nonpolar covalent.

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The difference in electronegativity between C (2.5) and H (2.1) is 0.4, which is small enough to consider the C-H bond as nonpolar covalent.

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