Finding the probabilities of macrostates for paramagnetic dipoles

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Homework Statement


Hi!
So I am given two different microstates of a system with 10 dipoles in a magnetic field B.
I am asked to find the microstate that belongs to the macrostate with the highest probability, and to give that probability. I am also asked to find the same but with the highest entropy.
Two rows of up and down arrows labelled A and B, with a red vertical arrow labelled B pointing upward at the right. Row A has seven up arrows then three down arrows; row B has five up arrows then five down arrows.


Homework Equations


Ω(Nv) = Ntot! / ( NΛ! * Nv! )

The Attempt at a Solution


So I can find the multiplicity of the states here and find the probability of each one simply using the multiplicity of that state over the total number of all microstates. However since there is a field and these dipoles will tend to allign with the field, I am unsure of how to answer the given questions.

Thank you very much
 
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Minish said:
However since there is a field and these dipoles will tend to allign with the field, I am unsure of how to answer the given questions.
Energy plays no special role here. Considering Ω(Nv) is the same as considering Ω(E).