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A certain book only contains pages numbered 100 through 999, inclusive 17 Jan 2024, 09:00
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A certain book only contains pages numbered 100 through 999, inclusive. In total, how many page numbers in the book contain the number 0?

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B) 162
C) 135
D) 90
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Total number of ways 9*10*10 - Numbers with no zero 9*9*9 = 171
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