A license plate consists of a combination of 6 digits or letters. All numbers (0-9) may be used and all 26 letters may be used. How many unique license plates are there?
A) 36^6
B) 36!/30!*6!
C) 36!/30!
D) 36!/6!
E) 30!
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IMO A
for 1st letter 36 choice
same for rest 5 has 36 choices
hence 36*36*36*36*36*36
OA Pls
for 1st letter 36 choice
same for rest 5 has 36 choices
hence 36*36*36*36*36*36
OA Pls
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Sorry for the late reply. You are correct the OA is A. I was checkin to see what other people thought here because I thought "unique" license plates meant that none of the letters or numbers could repeat. If that was the case then 36^6 wouldn't be the correct answer, but neither would anything else listed. Originally I thought the solution would look something like this
10 numbers and 26 letters
9 numbers and 25 letters
8 numbers and 24 letters
7 numbers and 23 letters
6 numbers and 22 letters
5 numbers and 21 letters
Therefore: 36*34*32*30*28*26
What do you think about this? Poorly worded question or am I being to anal about the verbiage?
10 numbers and 26 letters
9 numbers and 25 letters
8 numbers and 24 letters
7 numbers and 23 letters
6 numbers and 22 letters
5 numbers and 21 letters
Therefore: 36*34*32*30*28*26
What do you think about this? Poorly worded question or am I being to anal about the verbiage?
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000000,aaaaaa,bbbbbb all are uniquePerminology wrote:Sorry for the late reply. You are correct the OA is A. I was checkin to see what other people thought here because I thought "unique" license plates meant that none of the letters or numbers could repeat. If that was the case then 36^6 wouldn't be the correct answer, but neither would anything else listed. Originally I thought the solution would look something like this
10 numbers and 26 letters
9 numbers and 25 letters
8 numbers and 24 letters
7 numbers and 23 letters
6 numbers and 22 letters
5 numbers and 21 letters
Therefore: 36*34*32*30*28*26
What do you think about this? Poorly worded question or am I being to anal about the verbiage?
your method doesn't include these cases
these cases are excluded if and only if its mention that repetetion is not allowed..
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Hi,
this problems from combinations is a little confusing...can anyone help me?
Every employee in a company X can have a unique 6 digit password, with two begining alphabets (from A to Z) and four numericals (from 0-9). If alphabets/numericals can be repeated, what are the number of passwords that can be created?
a) (2^26)+(4^10)
b) (2^26)*(4^10)
c) (26^2)+(10^4)
d) (26^2)*(10^4)
e) (26^4)*(10^2)
this problems from combinations is a little confusing...can anyone help me?
Every employee in a company X can have a unique 6 digit password, with two begining alphabets (from A to Z) and four numericals (from 0-9). If alphabets/numericals can be repeated, what are the number of passwords that can be created?
a) (2^26)+(4^10)
b) (2^26)*(4^10)
c) (26^2)+(10^4)
d) (26^2)*(10^4)
e) (26^4)*(10^2)
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IMO (d)anu8 wrote:Hi,
this problems from combinations is a little confusing...can anyone help me?
Every employee in a company X can have a unique 6 digit password, with two begining alphabets (from A to Z) and four numericals (from 0-9). If alphabets/numericals can be repeated, what are the number of passwords that can be created?
a) (2^26)+(4^10)
b) (2^26)*(4^10)
c) (26^2)+(10^4)
d) (26^2)*(10^4)
e) (26^4)*(10^2)
The 1st alphabet can be chosen in 26 ways and since repetition is allowed, even the 2nd alphabet can be chosen again in 26 ways. Following a similar logic for selecting the 4 numbers in the password we can see that each of the 4 numbers can be chosen in 10 ways.
The total no. of possible passwords are therefore (26^2)*(10^4) i.e. option D.
What is the OA?