The weather in Columbus is either good, indifferent, or bad on any given day. If the weather is good today, there is a 60% chance it will be good tomorrow, a 30% chance it will be indifferent, and a 10% chance it will be bad. If the weather is indifferent today, there is a 70% chance it will be good tomorrow, and a 20% chance it will be indifferent. Finally, if the weather is bad today, there is a 3030% chance it will be good tomorrow and a 30% chance it will be indifferent.

(a) What is the stochastic matrix for this situation?

(b) Suppose there is a 50% chance of good weather today and a 50% chance of indifferent weather. What are the chances of bad weather tomorrow?

(c) Suppose the predicted weather for Monday is 60% indifferent and 40% bad weather. What are the chances for good weather on Wednesday?

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1