SOLUTION: Suppose a car plate contains three distinct letters followed by three digits with first digit not zero. How many different car number plates can be printed?

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Question 1004852: Suppose a car plate contains three distinct letters followed by three digits with first digit not zero. How many different car number plates can be printed?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 26 letter possibilities, so that part is
26 * 26 * 26
The first number only has 9 possibilities, but the TWO have 10.
So the grand total is given by
26*26*26*9*10*10 = 15,818,400