Answer to Question #284648 in General Chemistry for Fox

Question

How many license plates can be made using either two or three letters followed by either two or three digits?

Answer 1

Number of license plates having either two or three letters followed by either two or three numbers:

Case 1: 2 letters followed by 2 numbers are $26^{2} \times 10^{2}$

Case 2: 2 letters followed by 3 numbers are $26^{2} \times 10^{3}$

Case 3: 3 letters followed by 2 numbers are $26^{3} \times 10^{2}$

Case 4: 3 letters followed by 3 numbers are $26^{3} \times 10^{3}$

So, the total number of license plates having two or three letters followed by two or three numbers

$=\left(26^{2} \times 10^{2}\right)+\left(26^{2} \times 10^{3}\right)+\left(26^{3} \times 10^{2}\right)+\left(26^{3} \times 10^{3}\right)=20,077,200$