1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200The highlighted numbers are in which digit 7 occurs.

Now, let us write all the numbers which have the digit 7 in them between 1 to 200.

These numbers are as follows.

Number Number of times digit 7 occurs in it

7 1 17 1 27 1 37 1 47 1 57 1 67 1 70 1 71 1 72 1 73 1 74 1 75 1 76 1 77 2 78 1 79 1 87 1 97 1 107 1 117 1 127 1 137 1 147 1 157 1 167 1 170 1 171 1 172 1 173 1 174 1 175 1 176 1 177 2 178 1 179 1 187 1 197 1 _______ 40 _______

So, from 1 to 200, the digit 7 occurs 40 times

40 is the correct answer.

40 is the best answer

40 is the right answer