one-, two-, or three-letter code

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one-, two-, or three-letter code

by ska7945 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:30 pm
A certain stock exchange designates each stock with a one-, two-, or three-letter code, where each letter is selected from the
26 letters of the alphabet. If the letters may be repeated and if the same letters used in a different order constitute a different code, how many different stocks is it possible to uniquely designate with these codes?

(A) 2,951
(B) 8,125
(C) 15,600
(D) 16,302
(E) 18,278
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by vittalgmat » Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:38 pm
I think this was already discussed.. pls search prev posts.
I think u will see this discussed within last 50 posts.

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