Consider a situation where three distinguishable particles called x,y,z need to be placed into two containers A and B. How many basic states (microstates) exist for a macrostate which is defined as "container A has two particles"? Note: the order of the particles in a container is irrelevant.

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Consider a situation where three distinguishable particles called x,y,z need to be placed into two containers A and B. How many basic states (microstates) exist for a
macrostate which is defined as "container A has two particles"? Note: the order of the particles in a container is irrelevant.
2
6
8
None of the above.
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