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Question 839133: You have a comic book business on the side and you want to catalog all your items with a five letter code. You want to restrict your letters to the vowels of the English alphabet (Count Y as a vowel), except for the first letter. The first letter will either be an M (for Marvel comics) or D (for DC comics). How many pieces can you mark using five different letters for each piece. Repetition is permitted.? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have a comic book business on the side and you want to catalog all your items with a five letter code. You want to restrict your letters to the vowels of the English alphabet (Count Y as a vowel), except for the first letter. The first letter will either be an M (for Marvel comics) or D (for DC comics). How many pieces can you mark using five different letters for each piece. Repetition is permitted.?
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1st: 2 ways
2nd thru 5th:: 6 ways for each of 4 places
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Answer: 2*6^4 = 2592 pieces
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Stan H.
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