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Part ACSIR NET December 2024the-leading-digit-cannot-be-zero

The leading digit cannot be zero

How many 5-digit numbers, using 0 to 9, can be generated such that '123' appears as a string and no digit appears more than once?

  1. A.228
  2. B.108
  3. C.156
  4. D.114

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

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