Answer:
The number of possible three-digit phone prefixes that are used to represent a particular geographic area is 640.
Step-by-step explanation:
The phone prefixes used to represent a particular geographic area are a 3 digit code consisting of numbers from 0 to 9.
The prefix code are of the form: <u>x</u> <u>x</u> <u>x</u>
Condition: The first or the second place cannot take values 0 or 1.
Then the first place can be occupied by the remaining 8 digits.
Similarly the second place can also be occupied by the remaining 8 digits.
And the third place can be occupied by any of the 10 digits.
So the number of ways to construct a phone prefix for any area is:

Thus, the number of phone prefixes possible for any area is 640.
The answer is D. -15 because I am assuming that the vertical lines mean brackets, and we have to work out the brackets first (according to BIDMAS). Doing so, -6 + 2 = -4 and -4 + -11 = -15.
(2p + 7)(3p-9)
2p x 3p= 6p^2
2p x -9= -18p
7 x 3p=21p
7 x -9=-63
6p^2 - 18p + 21p - 63
6p^2 + 3p -63 is the answer.