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Find the number of possible numbers that can have four digits. Easy to represent the four digit number as four dashes, as seen below.
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The possible numbers for the first digit are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. So 9 digits.
The possible numbers for the second, third, and fourth digits are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9. So 10 digits.

9 possibilities * 10 possibilities * 10 possibilities * 10 possibilities = 9000 possible four digit numbers.

Now, the possible digits in the form of 3^n are: 3^0 = 1, 3^1 = 3, 3^2 = 9. Any number yielded from n > 2 is not one digit.
We will find the number of possibilities of four digit numbers that DO NOT include 1, 3, or 9. See below.

The possible numbers for the first digit include 2,4,5,6,7,8. So 6 digits.
The possible numbers for the second, third, and fourth digits are 0,2,4,5,6,7,8. So 7 digits.

6 possibilities * 7 possibilities * 7 possibilities * 7 possibilities = 2058 possible four digit numbers without 1, 3, and 9.

9000 - 2058 = 6942 possible four digit numbers with 1,3, and 9.
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How many positive four-digit integers contain at least one digit of the form \(3^n\), where n is a non-negative integer?

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B. 3,584
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Since 'n' is a non-negative number we have n = 0, 1 or 2
So \(3^n\) can have values 1, 3 or 9

Hence if these digits appear in a number we have to consider that number

Total 4 digit numbers are 9*10*10*10 = 9000

Now if we choose the possibilities of each number at the numeric positions in the four digit number then we have

Ones - 0,2,4,5,6,7,8 (7 values)
Tens - 0,2,4,5,6,7,8 (7 values)
Hundreds - 0,2,4,5,6,7,8 (7 values)
Thousands - 2,4,5,6,7,8 (6 values)

So total numbers that do not have 1, 3, or 9 in them is 6 * 7 * 7 * 7 = 2058

Hence the required numbers are 9000 - 2058 = 6942

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