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Question 3
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8 men and 6 women apply for a job at a new startup. How many
ways can 4 of the applicants be selected for a second interview?

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Answer:

1001 ways

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of people who applied for the job = 8 + 6 = 14

Number of people to be chosen = 4

This is a combination problem because the order of selection does not matter. A group selection involves the combinations. So here we have to find the combinations of 14 people taken 4 at a time. The formula for the combination is:

[tex]^{n}C_{r} = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}[/tex]

Here, n is the total number of objects which is 14 in this case.

r is the number of objects to be chosen which is 4 in this case.

Using these values, we get:

[tex]^{14}C_{4}=\frac{14!}{4!(14-4)!}\\\\ = \frac{14!}{4! \times 10!}\\\\ =1001[/tex]

Thus, there are 1001 ways to select 4 applicants from 8 men and 6 women for the second interview.