MISSISSIPPI with the P's together

How many distinct arrangements of the letters in MISSISSIPPI have the two P's adjacent to each other?

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Glue the two P's into one block; gluing turns 11 letters into $11-2+1=10$ items.
$10!/(4!\,4!)$ - no extra $2!$ since the P's are identical.

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