b. Think of the minimum requirements for passwords in each scenario below. How many possible passwords can be created using the minimum requirements? Show all calculations using proper notation. [4T] special characters: + - ~ ! @ # % & ( ) . < > ? ; [ ] { } _ ^ = | / (space not allowed) digits: 0-9 letters: lowercase [a-z] uppercase [A-Z] i. Credit Card: 5 characters, digits only Digits: 0-9 (10 possibilities) P is the number of possible passwords. 10 represents the number of choices for each of the digit P = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 P = 10^5 P = 100,000 So there are 100,000 possible 5-digit passwords. ii. University of Waterloo account: 10 characters, lowercase letters, must include at least 2 symbols There are at least 24 special characters There are at least 26 different letters. iii. INSTAGRAM: 8 characters, lowercase letters, one uppercase letter, one number, one special character.
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