Question

A standard New York car license plate has 3 letters followed by 4 numbers. If the letters and numbers can be repeated, the number of distinct license plates that can be created in the given pattern is

Answer 1

26 x 26 x 26 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 175, 760, 000

Answer 2

since numbers and letters can be repeated it should be

26 x 26 x 26 x 10 x 10 x 10 x10 = 175,760,000