Bus route no. 256 has exactly six stops on its route. Any bus plying on this route starts from the initial position, then stops first at stop one and then stops at two, three, four, five, and six respectively. After the bus reaches stop six, the bus turns and returns to its initial position and repeats the cycle. Buses are not allowed to carry people on its return journey.

Following are the six stops – R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 in no particular order, Further, following observations have been made regarding the stops on this route:

Observation 1 – R5 is the third stop.

Observation 2 – R2 is the sixth stop.

Observation 3 – The stop R6 is the stop immediately after R4.

Observation 4 – R3 is the stop immediately before R1.

If we relax the observation 3, then in how many different ways the stops can be fixed on this route?

Option 1 - <p>1</p>
Option 2 - <p>2</p>
Option 3 - <p>3</p>
Option 4 - <p>4</p>
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