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The licence plates for vehicles registered in Delhi consist of 3 letters (of English alphabet) followed by 1,2,3 or 4 digits. The letter on the extreme right has to be 'D'. For the 1-digit number plates, the number 0 is not allowed. For other, the digits and the letters, of course can repeat, but the numbers should be significant. Determine the possible number of licence plates.

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To determine the total number of license plates for vehicles registered in Delhi, we need to consider the structure of the plates, which consists of 3 letters followed by 1, 2, 3, or 4 digits. The letter on the extreme right must be 'D', and there are specific rules regarding the digits. Let's break down the solution step by step. ### Step 1: Determine the letters The license plate consists of 3 letters, with the last letter fixed as 'D'. Therefore, we only need to determine the first two letters. - The total number of letters in the English alphabet is 26. - The first two letters can be any of the 26 letters. Thus, the number of ways to choose the first two letters is: \[ 26 \times 26 = 676 \] ### Step 2: Determine the digits for each case We will consider four cases based on the number of digits (1, 2, 3, or 4 digits). #### Case 1: 1-digit number plate - The only digit allowed is from 1 to 9 (0 is not allowed). - Therefore, there are 9 options for the digit. The total combinations for this case: \[ 676 \times 9 = 6084 \] #### Case 2: 2-digit number plate - The first digit can be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The second digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). The total combinations for this case: \[ 676 \times 10 \times 10 = 67600 \] #### Case 3: 3-digit number plate - The first digit can be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The second digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The third digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). The total combinations for this case: \[ 676 \times 10 \times 10 \times 10 = 676000 \] #### Case 4: 4-digit number plate - The first digit can be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The second digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The third digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). - The fourth digit can also be any digit from 0 to 9 (10 options). The total combinations for this case: \[ 676 \times 10 \times 10 \times 10 \times 10 = 6760000 \] ### Step 3: Total number of license plates Now, we add the total combinations from all four cases: \[ 6084 + 67600 + 676000 + 6760000 = 7432684 \] ### Final Answer The total number of possible license plates is: \[ \boxed{7432684} \]
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