A sociologist studying living patterns in a certain region determines that, each year, the population shifts between urban, suburban, and rural areas as shown in Fig. 8.
(a) Set up a stochastic matrix that displays these transitions.
(b) What percentage of people who live in urban areas in 2017 will live in rural areas in 2019?
Figure 8

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S6% 86% 8% 5% 7Suburban Urban areas 6% 3% areas 9% Rural areas 92%