SOLUTION: How many numbers, consisting of 3 digits and less than 300, can be formed from the numbers 1,2,3,4,and 5 if the number is allowed to be repeated in more than one digit?

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Question 1106808: How many numbers, consisting of 3 digits and less than 300, can be formed from the numbers 1,2,3,4,and 5 if the number is allowed to be repeated in more than one digit?
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The number is to be 3 digits and less than 300.

So there are only 2 choices for the hundreds digit.

Then, since digits can be repeated, there are 5 choices for the tens digit and 5 choices for the units digit.

So the number of 3-digit numbers less than 300 using the given digits is 2*5*5 = 50.