A certain country's postal service currently uses 6-digit zip codes in most areas. How many zip codes are possible if there are no restrictions on the digits used? How many would be possible if the first number could not be 9? How many zip codes are possible if there are no restrictions on the digits used?

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A game consists of asking 23 questions to determine a person, place, or thing that the other person is thinking of. The first question, which is always "Is it an animal,
vegetable, or mineral?", has three possible answers. All other questions must be answered "Yes" or "No." How many possible objects can be distinguished in this
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amount, 23 questions is enough to distinguish all possible objects.
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O B. The number of possible objects that can be distinguished is
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