A botanist is doing fieldwork assigns an eight-character alphanumeric code to each sample collected. The first character must be 6, 7, or 8; the next three characters can be any capital letter, A through Z; the fifth character could be any digit except for 0; and the rest of the characters can be any capital letter, B through K. Digits and letters can be repeated. Determine how many possible ID numbers there are using  the fundamental counting principle, and explain each step.

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A botanist is doing fieldwork assigns an eight-character alphanumeric code to each sample collected. The first character must be 6, 7, or 8; the next three characters can be any capital letter, A through Z; the fifth character could be any digit except for 0; and the rest of the characters can be any capital letter, B through K. Digits and letters can be repeated.

Determine how many possible ID numbers there are using  the fundamental counting principle, and explain each step. Show work for all steps  

 

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