MATHCOUNTS 2026 State Countdown Round (Problem 78)How many arrangements of the letters in the word CUBES have the two vowels next to each other?Related TopicsToolkit 45 — Adjacency in PermutationsHints (2)Hint 1Put a box around U and E.Hint 2UE CBS\boxed{\text{UE}}\ \text{CBS}UE CBS4!⋅2!4!\cdot2!4!⋅2!Final Answer48