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= Solution

The two possible ways to observe one ball of each colour have probabilities
$$
\mathbb P(W_I,B_{II})=\frac35\frac34=\frac9{20},
\qquad
\mathbb P(B_I,W_{II})=\frac25\frac14=\frac2{20}.
$$
Conditioning on their union therefore gives
$$
\boxed{\mathbb P(W_I,B_{II}\mid\text{one white and one black})=\frac9{11}}.
$$

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