The number of old license plates possible in the old system.......assuming digit repeats, is given by
26 x 10000 = 260,000
The number of license plates possible in the new system......assuming letter and digit repeats... is given by
(26)^3 * 1000 = 17,576, 000
So
260,000 / 17,576,000 = 0.0148 {rounding this to the nearest tenth = 0 !!! }
