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Revision as of 23:45, 4 July 2013
Problem
How many whole numbers between 99 and 999 contain exactly one 0?
Solution
This list includes all the three digit whole numbers except 999. Because the hundreds digit cannot be 0, there are 
ways to choose whether the tens digit or the ones digit is equal to 0. Then for the two remaining places, there are 
ways to choose each digit. This gives a total of 
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See Also
| 2002 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 18 |
Followed by Problem 20 | |
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