2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17
17. An ATM password at Fred's Bank is composed of four digits from 
to 
, with repeated digits allowable. If no password may begin with the sequence 
then how many passwords are possible?
Solution
For the first three digits, there are 
combinations since 
is not allowed. For the final digit, any of the 
numbers are allowed. 
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