there are 26 english letters (A-Z) and 10 digits(0-9).
there are 3 spaces for letters. therefore Any of the 26 letters can be combined with any 26 other letters and any of those can be combined with any of another 26 letters.
26*26*26= 17576
similarly 10 digits can combined in 1000 ways
10*10*10=1000
17576 letter combination can combine with 1000 digits combination.
so 17,576 x 1000 = 17,576,000 different plates could issue.
