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Is my math failing me or wouldn't 8 digits result in 10^8 possibilities rather than 8^10?
by orng 9y ago
Is my math failing me or wouldn't 8 digits result in 10^8 possibilities rather than 8^10?
- enzanki_ars 9y agoYou are correct. 8 digits = 10^8
- eriknstr 9y agoYou are correct that there are 10^8 possibilities for a string of 8 digits. 10 possibilities in position 1 10 possibilities in position 2 ... 10 possibilities in position 8 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 Alternatively one can even simply observe that 99999999 is the highest number possible and since 00000000 is possible also then we have 99999999 + 1 different possibilities = 100000000 = 10^8
- codinghorror 9y agomy bad, fixed