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How many ways can we put 3 math books and 5 English books on a shelf if all the math books must stay together and all the English books must also stay together? (The math books are all different and so are the English books.)

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I believe there are 2 ways:

M = math books
E = english books

MMMEEEEE and EEEEEMMM

I might be wrong tho.