SOLUTION: You are asked to create a 5-character password and each character may be any of the 26 letter of the alphabet or the 9 numerals 1 through 9. How many different passwords are possib

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Question 912208: You are asked to create a 5-character password and each character may be any of the 26 letter of the alphabet or the 9 numerals 1 through 9. How many different passwords are possible?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 26+9 = 35 different characters to choose from.

If repeated characters are allowed, then there are 35^5 = 52,521,875 different passwords possible.