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Ans. Identical.

Sol. Both Fischers are heptane-3,5-diol, CH₃CH₂-CH(OH)-CH₂-CH(OH)-CH₂CH₃ - a symmetric molecule. Assigning configurations: the first is (3S,5R) and the second is (3R,5S); because the two ends of the chain are identical, (3S,5R) and (3R,5S) are the same meso compound : superimposable : identical.