(a)
The stochastic matrix
(b)
To calculate: The second power and third power of the matrix for the matrix, obtained in part (a)
(c)
To calculate: The percentage of democrat governors in the three elections if all current governors are democrats. Also, stochastic matrix that displays the transition of successful governors by democrats to republicans denoted by D to R is,
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