Urn 1 contains 2 white balls and 3 red balls, whereas Urn 2 contains 6 white and 2 red balls. Two balls are randomly chosen from Urn 1 and put into Urn 2, and a ball is then randomly selected from Urn 2. What is a)  the probability that the ball selected from Urn 2 is white? b)  the conditional probability that both transferred balls were white given that a white ball is selected from Urn 2?

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ASAPP!! Urn 1 contains 2 white balls and 3 red balls, whereas Urn 2 contains 6 white and 2 red balls. Two balls are randomly chosen from Urn 1 and put into Urn 2, and a ball is then randomly selected from Urn 2. What is

a)  the probability that the ball selected from Urn 2 is white?

b)  the conditional probability that both transferred balls were white given that a white ball is selected from Urn 2?

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