SOLUTION: in north Dakota, most license plates consist of 5 letters. How many different license plates are there if the letters can be repeated?

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Question 877821: in north Dakota, most license plates consist of 5 letters. How many different license plates are there if the letters can be repeated?
Answer by ben720(159) About Me  (Show Source):
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Because there are 26 possibilities for the first letter, then 26 for the second letter for each of the first letters, et cetera, there are 26*26*26*26*26 possibilities.
There are 11881376 possibilities.