A certain stock exchange designates each stock with a one-, two-, or three-letter code, where each letter is selected from the
26 letters of the alphabet. If the letters may be repeated and if the same letters used in a different order constitute a different code, how many different stocks is it possible to uniquely designate with these codes?
A construction company was paid a total of $500,000 for a construction project.The company's only costs for the project were for labor and materials.Was the company's profit for the project greater than $150,000 ?
(1)The company's total cost was three times its cost for materials.
(2)The company's profit was greater than its cost for labor.