document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=430898>Question 430898</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how many different 7place licence plates are possible if the first 3 places are occupied by letters and the last 4 by numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #299150 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=299150\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many letters are there ? And does case matter?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you say there are 26 letters and 10 digits, then the result is as follows.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have 26 choices for the first letter, 26 for the second and 26 for the third.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your have 10 choices for each of the remaining 4 positions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can take it from there\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you can have lower case letter, or allow special charactiers (like space or $ or whatever) then just bump up the number accordingly and do the math again.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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