8. How many different functions are there from a set with 10 elements
to a set with 6 elements?

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Request for Question Clarification by funkywizard-ga on 17 Nov 2002 15:35 PST

by functions, do you mean combinations, such as 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-4
10-5 10-6 9-1 9-2, etc. or do you have some other meaning?

Hi, math01-ga:

There are 6 to the tenth power such functions, or 60466176 distinct
such mappings from a domain with ten elements into a co-domain with
six elements.

regards, mathtalk-ga