SOLUTION: How many four-digit odd numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 if each digit can only be used once?

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Question 1055418: How many four-digit odd numbers can be formed from the digits
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 if each digit can only be used once?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many four-digit odd numbers can be formed from the digits
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 if each digit can only be used once?

Rule for this type problem:

Choose the most restrictive thing(s) first!

Since the number must be odd, the last digit must
be odd.

So the last digit is the most restrictive thing to choose.

So we choose the last digit first:

We can choose the last, or 4th, digit 3 ways, 1, 5, or 9.
We can then choose the 1st digit 5 ways
(as any of the remaining 5 digits).
We can then choose the 2nd digit 4 ways
(as any of the remaining 4 digits).
We can then choose the 3rd digit 3 ways
(as any of the remaining 3 digits).

That's 3×5×4×3 = 180 ways.

Edwin

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