One-digit numbers: It can be any of these 8 digits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 So there are 8 one-digit numbers without any 8's. Two-digit numbers: The first digit can be any of these 8 digits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The second digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 So there are 8×9 two-digit numbers without any 8's. Three-digit numbers: The first digit can be any of these 8 digits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The second digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The third digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 So there are 8×9×9 three-digit numbers without any 8's. Four-digit numbers: The first digit can be any of these 8 digits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The second digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The third digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 The fourth digit can be any of these 9 digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9 So there are 8×9×9×9 three-digit numbers without any 8's. Five-digit numbers: There is only one, 10000 itself, and it must be included because there are 10000 bicycles. Total number of bicycle tags without 8's = 8 + 8×9 + 8×9×9 + 8×9×9×9 + 1 = 8 + 72 + 648 + 5832 + 1 = 6561. Total number of bicycle tags = 10000 Desired probability= 0.6561 Edwin