A haulage company operates 3 depots – London, Sheffield and Brighton. The vehicles operated by the company can start or finish a journey at any of the depots. This being so, data has been obtained regarding weekly transitions and are represented by the following probabilities:- At present there are 10 vehicles in London, 10 in Sheffield and 15 in Brighton. Calculate how many would be expected to be in each depot in 3 weeks’ time?   To       From   London Sheffield Brighton   London 40 30 30   Sheffield 50 40 10   Brighton 40 30 30

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A haulage company operates 3 depots – London, Sheffield and Brighton. The vehicles operated by the company can start or finish a journey at any of the depots. This being so, data has been obtained regarding weekly transitions and are represented by the following probabilities:-

At present there are 10 vehicles in London, 10 in Sheffield and 15 in Brighton. Calculate how many would be expected to be in each depot in 3 weeks’ time?

  To      
From   London Sheffield Brighton
  London 40 30 30
  Sheffield 50 40 10
  Brighton 40 30 30
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