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Statistics for Data Science I, Quiz 2

September 2025 term, 23 Nov 2025, Set QDB2

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A bookshelf has 5 different books consisting of 2 novels and 3 textbooks. In how many ways can the books be arranged on a shelf so that the two novels are not placed together?

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A.
120
B.
96
C.
24
D.
72

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