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Study the prime factorisation of X and Y given.

\[\text{X = 2  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  5}\]

\[\text{Y = 2  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  2  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  3  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  5  }\!\!\times\!\!\text{  19}\]

What is the place value of 8 in the sum of the numbers X and Y?

A)  \[\text{8 }\times \text{ 1000}\]

B)         \[\text{8 }\times \text{ 100}\]  

C)         \[\text{8 }\times \text{ 10}\]    

D)         \[\text{8 }\times \text{ 1}\]