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The first has 16 possible values;
The second also has 16 possible values for each of those 16, so now we have 16 times 16.
etc.
So it's a choice from 16, repeated for a total of 6 times.
That's 16 times 16 times ... times 16, which is 16^6.
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The first has 16 possible values;
The second also has 16 possible values for each of those 16, so now we have 16 times 16.
etc.
So it's a choice from 16, repeated for a total of 6 times.
That's 16 times 16 times ... times 16, which is 16^6.