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Question 481312: Many states offer personalized license plates. California, for example allows personalized plates with seven spaces for numerals or letter, or one of four symbols. What is the total number of license plates possible using this counting scheme? (assume that each available space is occupied by numeral, letter, symbol, or space. Give the answer in scientific notation, round the first number to two decimal places.
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Many states offer personalized license plates. California, for example allows personalized plates with seven spaces for numerals or letter, or one of four symbols. What is the total number of license plates possible using this counting scheme? (assume that each available space is occupied by numeral, letter, symbol, or space. Give the answer in scientific notation, round the first number to two decimal places.
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26 letters + 10 numbers + 4 chars = 40 characters
--> 40^7
= 163840000000
=~ 1.64E11
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