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A certain company places a six-symbol code on each of their products. The first two symbols are one of the letters A–E and the last four symbols are digits. If repeats are allowed on both letters and numbers, how many such odes are possible?

(A) 250000
(B) 350000
(C) 450000
(D) 550000
(E) 600000

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A certain company places a six-symbol code on each of their products. The first two symbols are one of the letters A–E and the last four symbols are digits. If repeats are allowed on both letters and numbers, how many such codes are possible?

(A) 250000
(B) 350000
(C) 450000
(D) 550000
(E) 600000


first two = 5*5
last 4 = 10*10*10*10

total 25*10^4 IMO A
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I wish the argument would have specified it was letters A,B,C,D,E...as it appears only as A, E, a bit confusing.
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A certain company places a six-symbol code on each of their products. The first two symbols are one of the letters A–E and the last four symbols are digits. If repeats are allowed on both letters and numbers, how many such odes are possible?

(A) 250000
(B) 350000
(C) 450000
(D) 550000
(E) 600000

Hi Bunuel,
There's a typo in the last sentence. Please correct odes to codes.
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Edited. Thank you.
Hi Bunuel,

Can you help explained why we cant use P(5,2)* P(10,4) for this question? Because this formula will exclude the repetitions such as AA, EE, 4444 ? Thank you!
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