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A typical automobile license plate in New York contains three letters followed by three digits. Find the number of license plates of this kind that:Begin with a vowel.
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For the first letter position, there are 5 choices (A, E, I, O, U) since it must be a vowel. For the second and third letter positions, there are 26 choices each since any letter can be used. For each of the three digit positions, there are 10 choices (0-9) Show more…
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