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How many license plates are possible if the plate must contain exactly five digits, and the plate cannot start with 0 or repeat any digits? (The digits must be in a row and the plate contains no other characters.)

A. 8,238
B. 15,120
C. 27,216
D. 30,240
E. 59,049

METHOD-1

Plate Number = _ _ _ _ _

Choices for the leftmost places = 9 (any digit from 1 to 9)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 _ _ _ _

Choices for the second from leftmost places = 9 (any digit from 0 to 9 except the one used for leftmost place)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 * 9 _ _ _

Choices for the Third from leftmost places = 8 (any digit from 0 to 9 except the two digits used for left two place)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 * 9 * 8 _ _

Choices for the Forth from leftmost places = 7 (any digit from 0 to 9 except the two digits used for left three place)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 * 9 * 8 * 7 _

Choices for the Forth from leftmost places = 6 (any digit from 0 to 9 except the two digits used for left Four place)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6

So Total number plates = 27216

Answer: Option C


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Plate Number = _ _ _ _ _

Choices for the leftmost places = 9 (any digit from 1 to 9)
i.e. Plate Number = 9 _ _ _ _

Other 4 digits may be any 4 digits out of remaining 9 digits which can be chosen in 9C4 ways and can be arranged in 4! ways

So total Number plates = 9* 9C4*4! = 27216

Answer: Option C
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We have only ten choices of digits and five placeholders to fill in, however, the first place can not be 0.

First place can have 9 choices, second place can have again 9 Choices (since we couldn't put zero in first place, one digit is already gone and we are left with zero and 8 more digits bringing our digits back to 9), third spots 8 choices, fourth spots 7 choices and fifth spot 6 choices, as shown below:

Therefore, \(9*9*8*7*6=27216\)
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5 digits arranged from 0 to 9 when digits can not be repeated and 0 can not take the first place is done in 9*9*8*7*6 ways .. If you notice the answer options closely , you may notice all options have different unit digits . so find the unit digit of the above arrangement which is 6. Answer (C) is satisfies this.
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How many license plates are possible if the plate must contain exactly five digits, and the plate cannot start with 0 or repeat any digits? (The digits must be in a row and the plate contains no other characters.)

A. 8,238
B. 15,120
C. 27,216
D. 30,240
E. 59,049

Since we can’t use 9 as the first digit, we have 9 choices for the first digit. Since we can’t repeat the digits, we have 9 choices for the second digit, 8 for the third, 7 for the fourth, and 6 for the fifth.

Thus, there are 9 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 = 27,216 ways to create the license plates.

Answer: C
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How many license plates are possible if the plate must contain exactly five digits, and the plate cannot start with 0 or repeat any digits? (The digits must be in a row and the plate contains no other characters.)

A. 8,238
B. 15,120
C. 27,216
D. 30,240
E. 59,049

There's 9 possibilities for the first slot (1-9) then there's 9 possibilities for the second slot (0-8) and then 8 possibilities for the third slot, 7 for the fourth and 6 for the 5th slot

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