AMC 10 Mock Exam Question 18
How many nonnegative integers can be written in the form $$a_7\cdot 3^7+a_6\cdot 3^6+a_5\cdot 3^5+a_4\cdot 3^4+a_3\cdot 3^3+a_2\cdot 3^2+a_1\cdot 3^1+a_0\cdot 3^0,$$ where $a_i\in \{-1,0,1\}$ for $0\leq i \leq 7$?
$\displaystyle \textbf{(A) } 512 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 729 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 1094 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3281 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 59,048$
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