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The total number of injections (one-one into mappings) from $\quad\left\{a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, a_{4}\right\}$
$\left(b_{1}, b_{2}, b_{3}, b_{4}, b_{5}, b_{6}, b_{7}\right)$ is
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Options:
  • A 400
  • B 420
  • C 800
  • D 840
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The correct answer is: 840
Let $A=\left\{a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, a_{4}\right\}$
$\begin{aligned} B &=\left\{b_{1}, b_{2}, b_{3}, b_{4}, b_{5}, b_{6}, b_{7}\right\} \\ n(A) &=4, n(B)=7 \end{aligned}$
The total number of infections $={ }^{7} P_{4}$ $=\frac{71}{3 !}=7 \cdot 6 \cdot 5 \cdot 4=840$

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