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Problem 369

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Find the answer UKMT Junior Kangaroo · United Kingdom · 2019

The room numbers of a hotel are all three-digit numbers. The first digit represents the floor and the last two digits represent the room number. The hotel has rooms on five floors, numbered 1 to 5. It has 35 rooms on each floor, numbered n01 to n35 where nn is the number of the floor. In numbering all the rooms, how many times will the digit 2 be used?

(A) 6060 (B) 6565 (C) 9595 (D) 100100 (E) 105105

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