Weekend combinatorics (III)

Summary:
An easy one this week: At a small economics conference, a photographer wants to line up nine participants for a photo. Two of them — Robert and Milton — insist on standing next to each other. How many different arrangements (lineups) are possible?

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Lars Pålsson Syll considers the following as important: Statistics & Econometrics

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