SOLUTION: The license plates in your state consists of 3 numbers followed by 3 letters. How many ways can you get the number 18 with no digits in between and with your first and last initial

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Question 534042: The license plates in your state consists of 3 numbers followed by 3 letters. How many ways can you get the number 18 with no digits in between and with your first and last initial appearing consecutively in order?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I understand it right, there are only 2 ways to get
an 18. The 3 numbers can be
1 8 x
x18
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Suppose my initials are J M. I can have:
J M x
x J M
which is 2 possible ways
That means there are only +2%2A2+=+4+
different ways these can happen.