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Radio station call signs, II Refer to Exercise 8.39. By
Chapter 8, Problem 8.40(choose chapter or problem)
Radio station call signs, II Refer to Exercise 8.39. By 1922, there were more applications for radio station licenses than the number of three-letter call signs available. A radio station in New Orleans applied for and was granted the call sign WAAB. (a) How many four-letter call signs start with the letter W? Show your method. (b) In fact, no call sign was permitted in which the same letter appeared three times in a row. (Th ats why the New Orleans station got WAAB, not WAAA.) How many fourletter call signs starting with W are possible with this restriction? Show your work. (c) How many four-letter call signs start with W or K and meet the restriction in (b)? Show your method.
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Radio station call signs, II Refer to Exercise 8.39. By 1922, there were more applications for radio station licenses than the number of three-letter call signs available. A radio station in New Orleans applied for and was granted the call sign WAAB. (a) How many four-letter call signs start with the letter W? Show your method. (b) In fact, no call sign was permitted in which the same letter appeared three times in a row. (Th ats why the New Orleans station got WAAB, not WAAA.) How many fourletter call signs starting with W are possible with this restriction? Show your work. (c) How many four-letter call signs start with W or K and meet the restriction in (b)? Show your method.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
(a) Use the multiplication counting principle and that there are 26 letters: