How many chiral carbon atoms are there in 1-chloro-2,5-dimethyl cyclohexane?

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Solution

The correct option is A 3
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It has $2$ plane of seperation, therefore $3$ chiral carbon.
We see plane of seperation if the either side of the plane seem to be different,with carbon having different substituents.
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