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O-LevelAdditional MathematicsPermutations and combinationsMay/June 2021Paper 1 Q78 Marks

A six-character password is to be made from the following eight characters. Digits: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 Symbols: *, $, # No character may be used more than once in a password. Find the number of different passwords that can be chosen if

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About This O-Level Additional Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Additional Mathematics (4037) May/June 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Permutations and combinations and is worth 8 marks.

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