document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=472428>Question 472428</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In State X, all vehicle license plates have 2 letters from the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26 letters of the alphabet followed by 3 one-digit numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many different license plates can State X have if<BR>\n" );
document.write( "repetition of letters and numbers is allowed?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A 23,400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B 60,840<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C 67,600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D 608,400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E 676,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can yoou show me how to solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 26 ways to select the first letter.  For each of those ways, since repetition is allowed, there are 26 ways to select the second letter, for a total of 26 times 26 ways to select the letters.  For each of those 26 times 26 ways to pick the letters there are 10 ways to select the first digit (0 through 9 is 10 possibilities).  Then 10 ways to select the second digit and 10 ways to select the last digit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 26\ \times\ 26\ \times\ 10\ \times\ 10\ \times 10\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do your own arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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