# Math problems

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/math-problems/24172>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [July 18, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/math-problems/24172 "2013-07-18T23:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/math-problems/24172/1 "2013-07-18T23:16:20Z")

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Over in chit-chat was presented:  
Consider the mathematics:

If you use a password comprised of only the 26 letters in the English  
alphabet, in lowercase, your pool to choose from is 26.

If you use upper and lower case (and the system can differentiate them),  
then it’s 54.

I could have sworn the the total would be 52 but I was educated in a  
public school so what do I know?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/math-problems/24172/2 "2013-07-19T14:06:43Z")

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On 18/07/2013 21:16, Bob Crandell wrote:  
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> I could have sworn the the total would be 52 but I was educated in a  
> public school so what do I know?[/color]

It would be 52 of course - same (and usefully so) as a pack of cards 🙂