8. (10 points) A five-character license plate consists of English letters and numbers, with exactly two of the first four characters being letters (letters $I$ and $O$ are not allowed), and the last character must be a number. Xiao Li likes the number 18 and hopes that his license plate contains two adjacent characters 1 and 8, with 1 preceding 8. How many different choices does Xiao Li have for his license plate? (There are 26 English letters in total.)

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8. (10 points) A five-character license plate consists of English letters and numbers, with exactly two of the first four characters being letters (letters $I$ and $O$ are not allowed), and the last character must be a number. Xiao Li likes the number 18 and hopes that his license plate contains two adjacent characters 1 and 8, with 1 preceding 8. How many different choices does Xiao Li have for his license plate? (There are 26 English letters in total.)
【Analysis】This problem tests the concept of permutations and combinations.
【Solution】Solution: Excluding 18, the remaining three positions have $10 \times 24 \times 24=5760$ (ways), so there are 5760 ways for 18 to be in the first and second positions;
18 in the second and third positions has 5760 ways;
18 in the third and fourth positions has 5760 ways;
18 in the fourth and fifth positions has $5760 \times 3=17280$ ways;
In total, there are $5760 \times 6=34560$ (ways), so the answer is 34560.