in sitting beside each other? 2. In how many ways can you arrange 5 Mathematics books, 4 Science books, and 3 English books on a shelf such that books of the same subject are kept together? 3. In how many ways can 5 children be arranged in a line such that
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In how many ways can two people be arranged in sitting beside each other? If two people are sitting beside each other, we can think of them as a single unit. So, we have 2 units to arrange. The number of ways to arrange these 2 units is 2! = 2. Show more…
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