Total number of tripeptides possible by mixing of valine and proline is .

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To form a linear tripeptide sequence, we must fill 3 distinct positions linearly: N-terminus, middle, and C-terminus.
Since there is an unlimited supply of valine and proline, there are exactly 2 choices (V or P) for each of the 3 positions.
The total number of unique sequences is simply .

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