Problem:
A real estate company with 14 employees in their central office, 8 in their north office, and 6 in their south office is planning to lay off 12 employees.
Required:
Question 1: How many ways can this be done?
Question 2: The company decides to lay off 5 employees from the central office, 4 from the north office, and 3 from the south office. In how many ways can this be done?
Note: Explain all steps comprehensively.