Number of days an exchange can function

if on an average 100 new phone connections are given in a city evey week. The phone numbers of the city are 6 digit long. (of course not starting with 0)
How many days will it take for the exchange to exhaust of all numbers!

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Lokesh Verma ·

The number of 6 digit numbers that dont begin in a zero are
9x10x10x10x10x10

Each day, 100 connections are given.

Thus, total number of days, the connections are to last =9x10x10x10x10x10/100 = 9000.

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Shailesh ·

this is easy.. i dont know why i had a doubt!!

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