A bag contain n ball out of which some b...

A bag contain `n` ball out of which some balls are white. If probability that a bag contains exactly `i` white ball is proportional to `i^2`. A ball is drawn at random from the bag and found to be white, then find the probability that bag contains exactly 2 white balls.

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