Using digits 3 to 9, excluding 0, 1, and 2, there are 7 choices for each of the four digits. Therefore, there are possible 4-digit numbers.
If you're restricted to using only the digits 3 through 9 (excluding 0, 1, and 2) to form a 4-digit number, each digit has 7 possible choices.
Therefore, the total number of 4-digit numbers can be calculated as 7 choices for the first digit multiplied by 7 choices for the second digit, and so on, resulting in possible combinations.
This is because for each digit's position, you have 7 options.
Hence, there are 2401 distinct 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the given digits.