Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Sampling and estimation

Sampling and estimation — practice question

On one side of a street, the $12$ houses are labelled with even numbers from $2$ up to $24$. On Monday, a free newspaper is delivered to $3$ distinct houses chosen at random from those $12$.
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Find the probability that at least $2$ of these newspapers are delivered to houses with numbers greater than $14$.

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