SOLUTION: For inventory purposes, a manufacturing company assigns a 3-character code to each different item produced. The first character of the code must be a letter from the 26-letter Engl

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Question 1064562: For inventory purposes, a manufacturing company assigns a 3-character code to each different item produced. The first character of the code must be a letter from the 26-letter English alphabet. The second and third characters must be a digit from 0 to 9, but the digit cannot be repeated. How many different 3-character codes can be assigned?
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For inventory purposes, a manufacturing company assigns a 3-character code to each different item produced. The first character of the code must be a letter from the 26-letter English alphabet. The second and third characters must be a digit from 0 to 9, but the digit cannot be repeated. How many different 3-character codes can be assigned?
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Choices::
1st character:: 26 choices
2nd character:: 10 choices
3rd character:: 9 choices
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Ans:: 26*10*9 = 2340l choices
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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