At Suburban Community College, 40% of all business majors switched to another major the next semester, while the remaining 60% continued as business majors. Of all non-business majors, 20% switched to a business major the following semester, while the rest did not. Set up these data as a Markov transition matrix.  (Let 1 = business majors, and 2 = non-business majors.) calculate the probability that a business major will no longer be a business major in two semesters' time.

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At Suburban Community College, 40% of all business majors switched to another major the next semester, while the remaining 60% continued as business majors. Of all non-business majors, 20% switched to a business major the following semester, while the rest did not. Set up these data as a Markov transition matrix.  (Let 1 = business majors, and 2 = non-business majors.)

calculate the probability that a business major will no longer be a business major in two semesters' time.

 

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