Question

how many liscense plates can be made of the form xx-yyy, where x is a letter of the alphabet and y is a numeral 0-9

Answer 1

676000

Explanation:

There are 26 letters in the alphabet meaning that there is a possible 26*26 combinations. Of course, there are 10 numbers between 0 and 9 including 0 and 9 so there are 10^3 number of possible combinations. So the total is 26^2 * 10^3 which is equal to 676000 combinations