What are the chances they win their next game

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If the local professional basket ball team, the sneakers, wins today's game, they have a 2/3 chance of winning their next game. If they lose this game, they have 1/2 chance of winning their next game.

a) Make a Markov chain for this problem: give the matrix of transition probabilities and draw the transition diagram

b) If there is 50-50 chance of the Sneakers winning today's game, what are the chances they win their next game?

 

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