SOLUTION: Please help me solve this probability problem: "A real estate company with 8 employees in their north office and 6 in their south office is planning to lay off 7 employees. If th

Question 693012: Please help me solve this probability problem:
"A real estate company with 8 employees in their north office and 6 in their south office is planning to lay off 7 employees. If they decide to lay off 4 employees from the north office and 3 from the south office, in how many ways can this be done?"

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A real estate company with 8 employees in their north office and 6 in their south office is planning to lay off 7 employees. If they decide to lay off 4 employees from the north office and 3 from the south office, in how many ways can this be done?"
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Pick 4 from the north office: 8C4 = 78 ways
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Pick 3 from the south office: 6C3 = 20 ways
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Total # of ways: 78*20 = 1560
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