A library shelf contains seven books. Three books are math books and four books are science books. In how many ways may the books be arranged on the shelf so that all the math books will be together

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There are 720 different ways to arrange the books.

In how many ways we can order the books?

Here we know that there are a total of 7 books, 3 of math and 4 of sciences.

We know that the 3 math books must be together, so first let's analyze this element.

The number of permutations of these 3 books is 3! = 3*2*1 = 6

Now we have 5 elements, 4 books of science and a "group of math books."

So there are 5 positions in which the group of math books can be, and for the four science books we have 4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24 permutations.

The total number of different combinations is given by the product of the numbers we found above:

combinations  = (permutations of math)*(possible positions of math)*(permutations of science).

Combinations = 6*5*24 = 720

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