Question

A company has 2725 employees. Each employee is to be given an ID number that consists of one letter followed by 1 digits. How many different ID numbers are possible

Answer 1

Answer: There are 260 different ID numbers are possible.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Each employee is to be given an ID number that consists 1 letter followed by 1 digit .

Number of choices for each letter = 26 [English alphabet consists 26 letters]

Number of choices for each digit = 10

By Fundamental counting principle,

The number of different ID numbers possible = (Number of choices for each letter) x (Number of choices for each digit)

=26 x 10= 260

Hence, there are 260 different ID numbers are possible.