Malaya creates a password as follows:letter, number, letter, special character, numberAssuming that there are 12 special characters, if you were trying to guess Malaya’s password, what is the most guesses that you would have to make?

There are 26 choices for each letter, 10 choices for each number, and 12 choices for the special character. Multiply the choices for the five password positions: 26 × 10 × 26 × 12 × 10 = 811,200. In the worst case, you would need to try all 811,200 possibilities, so the answer is 811,200.

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