An urn contains 4 white balls and 2 red balls. A second urn contains 8 white balls and 1 red ball. An urn is selected and a ball is randomly drawn from the selected urn. The probability of selecting the first urn is .75. If the ball is white, find the probability that the first urn was selected.
An urn contains 4 white balls and 2 red balls. A second urn contains 8 white balls and 1 red ball. An urn is selected and a ball is randomly drawn from the selected urn. The probability of selecting the first urn is .75. If the ball is white, find the probability that the first urn was selected.
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An urn contains 4 white balls and 2 red balls. A second urn contains 8 white balls and 1 red ball. An urn is selected and a ball is randomly drawn from the selected urn. The probability of selecting the first urn is .75. If the ball is white, find the probability that the first urn was selected.
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