What is the probability that the outcome of the coin toss

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Consider two urns, the first containing two white and seven black balls and the second containing five white and six black balls. We flip a fair coin and then draw a ball from the first or second urn depending upon whether the outcome was heads or tails respectively. What is the probability that the outcome of the coin toss was heads, given that a white ball was selected.

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