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document.write( "First, we consider this inseparable couple as one object.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Doing this way, we have 5 objects to order in a row, and\r\n" );
document.write( "we can order 5 objects in 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120 different ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But we also can order this pair in two different ways - it gives us\r\n" );
document.write( "the total of 2*120 = 240 different possible ordering\r\n" );
document.write( "of 6 students under given condition.\r\n" );
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