Two urns contain white balls and yellow balls. The first urn contains 5 white balls and 8 yellow balls and the second urn contains 9 white balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn at random from each urn. What is the probability that both balls are white?
This is because you have to start with the probability of each urn. The first urn has 13 total balls (5 white and 8 yellow). Since 5 of them are white, the odds of pulling a white ball are 5/13. Then find the same for the second urn (9 white and 2 yellow). Therefore there are 11 total balls and 9/11 chance of getting a white one. After finding both, multiply them together to get the answer.
