How many 7-digit telephone numbers are possible if the first digit cannot be zero and
a. every other digit is odd
b. the telephone number must start with 226 and end with 5
c. no repetitions are allowed
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How many 7-digit telephone numbers are possible if the first digit cannot be zero and
a. every other digit is odd
If every other digit is odd either :
positions 1 - 3 - 5 -7 are odd or positions 2 - 4 - 6 are odd
Assuming that the other positions must be even we have
(5 odd)(5 even)(5 odd) (5 even) (5 odd) (5 even) (5odd) = 5^7 or
(4 even- we can't have a zero) (5 odd) (5even) ( 5 odd) (5 even) (5 odd) (5 even) = 4 * 5^6
So....the total number = 5^7 + 4*5^6 = 140,625
b. the telephone number must start with 226 and end with 5
We have (10)^3 = 1000 possible numbers here [ positions 4, 5, 6 can be even or odd ]
c. no repetitions are allowed
(9 ways to choose the first number - zero is not allowed) ( 9 ways to choose the second number, we can choose 0 or any of the other 8 digits we didn't choose in the first position) * ( 8) * (7) *(6) * (5) * (4) =
(9) (9) (8)(7)(6)(5)(4) = 544,320
