A telephone company needs to create a set of 3-digit area codes. The company is entitled to use only digits 2, 4 and 8, which can be repeated. If the product of the digits in the area code must be even, how many different codes can be created?  Select the correct option:
A) 20  B) 22  C) 24  D) 27  E) 30
Total # of codes possible is 3*3*3= 
<gadget id="calculator">3*3*3</gadget>
<output>27</output>
27. Oit of those 27 codes   Answer: 27.
<result>D</result>
A telephone company needs to create a set of 3-digit area codes. The company is entitled to use only digits 2, 4 and 8, which can be repeated. If the product of the digits in the area code must be even, how many different codes can be created?