Question

A state’s license plates consist of 3 letters followed by 3 numbers. What is the probability of randomly generating a license plate that reads AHW 304?

Answer 1

How many letters in the alphabet?

Answer 2

(3*26)*(3*9)=x

Answer 3

Solve for x.

Answer 4

Actually no

Answer 5

Actually yes. I'm giving her the denominator.

Answer 6

LLL NNN N = numbers L = letters....26^3 * 10^3

Answer 7

You mean 9?

Answer 8

You can't use a double digit in a license plate.

Answer 9

You need to include 0

Answer 10

Ah, I see now. Thank you for explaining.

Answer 11

No problem