you please give it more thought..... ABC 123....123ABC ARE TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS. and it takes two of your formulas to cover both
but both will not work on the same formula
because you have the variables of only starting with one or the other in your formula...and you need to account...
and 26 x 10 x 26 x10 gives same answer as
10 x 26 x 10 x 26....
but the variebles of both make more brands
as in short starting with numbers and starting with letters gives same number of choices but different brands
GOOD LUCK
26x26x26x10x10x10=17,576,000 same thing
THAT IS THE MOST BRANDS YOU CAN HAVE WITH LETTERS STARTING FIRST
BUT YOU SAID ANY COMBINTION..so you formula does not account for numbers first ..
not same thing 26 is letters and 10 is numbers
yes you get the same answer if you do 10X 10...
back in the day when Charolais cattle were hot ...a heard a man turn down 1 million dollars for a unproven bull...so he sold it that way and made 3 million...and it turn out to be only used in those herds that bought in....Never heard of it after that even in sales no offspring were sold
google searched this and check out my very first guess
which you said was not right.....why I then thought you meant pick 3 numbers and 3 letters
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090424182620AASg7lh
you first said ANY COMBINTION
then you said this These are combinations which...
the feed lot here in Missouri were I help a friend is a preconditioning feed lot for the Missouri defintion.....he takes any size calfs.. and trains them to know what a feed bunk and a waterer are he gives them all there shots . mostly bought at a sale barn the are qrouped by size and...
I feed the MIX 30 and I feed it year round ....mine started out licking it but never over a 1/2 gallon a day for about 3 weeks but then slowed down and have never increased it much since
Mine are down to a pint a day unless it gets real cold....I wish I could help with the problem...
your header BRANDING CATTLE WITH JUST 3 LETTERS AND 3 NUMBERS....and knowing ranchers how many ranchers HAVE 35 branding irons hot to brand cows at one time instead of the 6 as in
BRANDING CATTLE USING ONLY 3 LETTERS AND 3 NUMBERS
YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE
OK SO YOU COULD PICK 6 different symbols FOR EACH PLACE IN A 6 DIGIT NUMBER the answer would be 6x6x6x6x6x6 = 46656
46.656
if you used ABC AND 123
3 numbers and 3 letters using them over again as in aaa111 aaa112