Question

How many 6-digit telephone numbers can be constructed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 if each number starts with 35 and no digit appears more than once?

Answer 1

Given that each number starts with 35. We need a 6 digit number. So we have to fill only one’s place, 10’s place, 100th place, and 1000th places. We have to use 10 digits.

In these digits, 3 and 5 should not be used as a repetition of digits is not allowed. Except for these two digits, we have to use 8 digits. One’s place can be filled by any of the 8 digits in different ways, 10’s place can be filled by the remaining 7 digits in 7 different ways.

100th place can be filled by the remaining 6 different ways and 1000th place can be filled by the remaining 5 digits in 5 different ways.

∴ Number of 6 digit telephone numbers = 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 = 1680