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CAT/2002

Question . 39

How many numbers greater than 0 and less than a million can be formed with the digits of 0, 7 and 8?

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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from Permutation, Combination and Probability question

(c) No. of 1 digit numbers = 2No. of 2 digit numbers = 3 × 2 = 6

No. of 3 digit numbers = 3 × 3 × 2 =18

No. of 4 digit numbers = 33 × 2 = 54

No. of 5 digit numbers = 34 × 2 = 162

No. of 6 digit numbers (less than a million) = 35 × 2 = 486

∴ Required numbers = 486 + 162 + 54 + 18 + 6 + 2 = 728