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document.write( "\"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?\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #427260 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=427260\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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?\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick 4 from the north office: 8C4 = 78 ways<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pick 3 from the south office: 6C3 = 20 ways<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total # of ways: 78*20 = 1560\r<BR>\n" );
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