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Chelsea has a bookshelf consisting of ten classics: four Russian novels, three British novels, two French novels, and a German novel. If she wants to make sure that the novels are always grouped according to country, how many ways can she arrange the novels?

(A) 24

(B) 24^2

(C) 288

(D) (24)(288)

(E) 144^2

Notice "she wants to make sure that the novels are always grouped" ORDER matters.

4!*4!*3!*2!

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Guys, I think I've encountered a mistake in the Princeton Review "GMAT Premium prep 2022"
On the first diagnosis test:

The question is:

Claudio wants to arrange his book collection on a bookshelf such that all books of the same genre are grouped together. He has 3 fantasy novels, 2 biographies, and 4 science fiction novels. How many ways can the books on his bookshelf be arranged?
32
48
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288
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So, while I did it, my answer was 288*3! . The 3! comes in because they need to be grouped together. So once we have the possibilities in each sub group, we need to calculate how the groups can be assorted.
But of course, 288*3! was not an option...

Here is their correction:

This is a permutation problem, so evaluate it one step at a time. The problem states that the novels must be grouped by genre. There are 3 fantasy novels. Determine how many different ways the fantasy novels can be arranged. There are 3 options for the first fantasy novel, 2 options for the second, and 1 option for the third, so there are 3 × 2 × 1 = 6 ways to arrange the fantasy novels. Repeat this for each of the different genres. There are 2 × 1 = 2 ways to arrange the biographies and 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24 ways to arrange the science fiction novels. The total number of ways the books can be arranged is the product of all the arrangements by genre. The total number of ways to arrange the books is 6 × 2 × 24 = 288. The correct answer is (D).

So, we all agree that they are missing a point here ?
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Chelsea has a bookshelf consisting of ten classics: four Russian novels, three British novels, two French novels, and a German novel. If she wants to make sure that the novels are always grouped according to country, how many ways can she arrange the novels?

Let novels be (R1R2R3R4) (F1F2) (B1B2B3) (G)
Take group A = (R1R2R3R4)
B= (F1F2)
C=(B1B2B3)
D=G

Now arranging ABCD = 4! ways
Arranging A = (R1R2R3R4)= 4!
B= (F1F2) = 2!
C=(B1B2B3) = 3!
D=G = 1!

Total ways = 4! * (4!3!2!1!)
= 24*288

Hence D
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