12 boxes containing 6 sneakers, 4 boots, and 2 heels (one per box) are to be displayed next to each other in a store.

(a) Assuming all 6 sneakers are different colors, all 4 boots are different colors, and both heels are different colors, how many different ways can the boxes be arranged so that all boxes of the same shoe type are together?

(b) How many ways can the boxes be arranged if instead 2 of the sneakers are the same color and hence indistinguishable from each other?

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