document.write( "Question 1131418: How many different license plates can be made that have one letter followed by 4 digits(the digits are the numbers 0-9)?
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document.write( "What is the probability that one of these license plates (randomly selected) would be A-1234)? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #748078 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 26 letters. There are 10000 sequences of 4 digits\r\n" ); document.write( "from 0000 to 9999 inclusive.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So there are 26∙10000 = 260000 possible different license plates.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The probability that a randomly selected license plate is A-1234 \r\n" ); document.write( "is 1 out of 260000 or 1/260000.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |