PLEASE HELP with Permutations

here's the problem:

the license plates for a certain state display 3 letters followed by 3 numbers. how many different license plates can be manufactured if no repetitions of letters or digits are allowed?

is this how i set it up?

9x8x7 and 26x25x24

how do i combine the two? i need to use a permutation right?

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Originally Posted by acharles

here's the problem:

the license plates for a certain state display 3 letters followed by 3 numbers. how many different license plates can be manufactured if no repetitions of letters or digits are allowed?

is this how i set it up?

9x8x7 and 26x25x24

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seems right, but 9 digits? is 0 not a digit?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by acharles

how do i combine the two?

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By multiplication

Quote:

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Originally Posted by acharles

here's the problem:

the license plates for a certain state display 3 letters followed by 3 numbers. how many different license plates can be manufactured if no repetitions of letters or digits are allowed?

is this how i set it up?

9x8x7 and 26x25x24

how do i combine the two? i need to use a permutation right?

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It's 10*9*8 since 0-9 has 10 digits.

So...

26P3 * 10P3 = 11,232,000


EDIT: blah, a bit too slow to it :P was watching TV while reading forum during commercial lol