SOLUTION: A company places a 6-symbol code on each unit of product. The code consists of 4 digits, the first of which is number 5, followed by 2 letters, the first of which is NOT a vowel. H

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Question 428995: A company places a 6-symbol code on each unit of product. The code consists of 4 digits, the first of which is number 5, followed by 2 letters, the first of which is NOT a vowel. How many different codes are possible?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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We can list out the format of each code, compute the number of possibilities for each position, and multiply.

5 -- (digit) -- (digit) -- (digit) --(letter, not vowel) -- (letter)

Assuming Y is not a vowel, the number of possibilities is

1*10*10*10*21*26 = 546,000 codes