You have four stuffed animals. You line up three of them at a time, always single file.  How many distinct lineups are possible?  
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Bonus points if you also tell me the number of distinct ways you can arrange them in a circle instead of a line.
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Spiciness: * out of ****

You have four stuffed animals. You line up three of them at a time, always single file. How many distinct lineups are possible? // Bonus points if you also tell me the number of distinct ways you can arrange them in a circle instead of a line. // Spiciness: * out of ****

04: Many stuffie lines [*]

<p>Easy to visualize but challenging to solve: that's the kind of math puzzle you get here, one per episode. (Do you love the Car Talk Puzzler too? Yeah, that's what I'm trying for here, only with even more of a math bent.)</p>

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Easy to visualize but challenging to solve: that's the kind of math puzzle you get here, one per episode. (Do you love the Car Talk Puzzler too? Yeah, that's what I'm trying for here, only with even more of a math bent.)

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