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Permutations & combinations

Problem

You need to put your reindeer, Prancer, Quentin, Rudy, and Jebediah, in a single-file line to pull your sleigh. However, Rudy and Prancer are best friends, so you have to put them next to each other, or they won't fly.
How many ways can you arrange your reindeer?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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