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counting and probability intermediate
Problem
April has four different basil plants and four different tomato plants. In how many ways can she arrange the plants in a row if she puts all the tomato plants next to each other?
Solution
First, consider arranging the four basil plants and the one group of tomato plants (not worrying about the order of the tomato plants within the group). There are ways to arrange them. Then, for each arrangement, there are ways to arrange the plants in the group of tomato plants. Therefore, there are a total of ways for April to arrange her plants such that all the tomato plants are next to each other.
Final answer
2880