Question

A bank has a special vault for valuable items . It has 3 dials that operate the combination . The first dial has the numbers from 1 to 100 , the second and third each have the 26 letters of the alphabet . In order to open the vault, the bank manager must correctly set each dial . How many possible combinations are there for this vault?

100

52

26

67,600

152

Answer 1

There are 67,600 possible combinations for this vault.

Explanation:

First dial: 100 possible values

Second dial: 26 possible values

Third dial: 26 possible values.

How many possible combinations are there for this vault?

Multiplication of these values. So

100*26*26 = 67600

There are 67,600 possible combinations for this vault.