Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 6 - Section 6.3 - Decision Algorithms: The Addition and Multiplication Principles - Exercises - Page 425: 42b

Answer

No.

Work Step by Step

If each digit can be 0 or 1, there are 2 possibilities for each digit, so the total number of different Credit Card Numbers is $2^9=512$ Since $512\lt 10,000,000$ there are not enough account numbers for 10 million credit card holders.
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