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The following compounds may exist as two or more stereoisomers. These may be classified as enantiomer pairs or meso compounds.
What are total number of stereoisomers(A) of each of the given compounds?

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In case of cyclic compounds, the stereoisomers can be formed by alternately arranging the bonds in wedge and dash forms.
wedge bonds represent out of the plane, and dash bonds represent below the plane.

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