Use the Basic Counting Rule to Solve the Problem

question 11

Multiple Choice

Use the basic counting rule to solve the problem.
-Mark can remember only the first 3 digits of his friend's phone number. He also knows that the number has 7 digits and that the last digit is not a 0. If Mark were to dial all of the possible numbers And if it takes him 24 seconds to try each one, how long would it take to try every possibility?

• A)400.1 minutes
• B)3600 minutes
• C)16 minutes
• D)4000.8 minutes

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