10 pts!
1. An island is considering adding another character to their vehicle license plates in order to increase the
number of license plates available. Currently, a license plate must have exactly four-character spaces. Each
character space may be filled with any capital letter other than I, B, Z, or O or any number between, and
including 0 to 9. Letters and numbers may repeat on the plates.
(a) How many different license plate numbers are available under the current structure of exactly four
characters per plate?
Please show all steps and work! Thank you!