How many strings of 8 digits end with an even digit?

So there are $10$ combinations for each digit except the last which has 5 possibilities ($0,2,4,6,8$). Thus $10*10*10*10*10*10*10*5=50000000$ combinations right?

As a follow up, how many strings of 8 digits have at least one repeated digit?

I'm not sure how to approach this one. The first digit you have $10$ possibilities and then the next digit you only have $1$ possibility and for the next $6$ digits you have $10$ possibilities for each.

For the case of strings with 8 digits with at least one repeated digit, try counting the total number of strings with 8 digits ($10^8$) and subtracting the number of strings with no repeated digits ($10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3$ where the number goes down by 1 for each place since you can't repeat any of the digits to the left of the digit you're placing, if you build the numbers left to right).
• The first term should be 9 and not $10$- can't start a number with $0$ – voldemort Apr 17 '14 at 20:55
• @Batman so it would be $10^8-(10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3)=98185600$ – atherton Apr 18 '14 at 0:59
For the first question your reasing is almost correct, except that for the first place you have $9$ choices and not $10$ as an $8$ digit number can't begin with $0$.
For the follow up question, find the number of $8$ digit numbers with no repeated digits. (i.e. look at the complement).