Answer:
The probability that if Sunday is sunny, then Tuesday is also sunny is 0.86.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us denote the events as follows:
Event 1: a sunny day
Event 2: a rainy day
From the provided data we know that the transition probability matrix is:
[tex]\left\begin{array}{ccc}1&\ \ \ \ 2\end{array}\right[/tex]
[tex]\text{P}=\left\begin{array}{c}1&2\end{array}\right[/tex] [tex]\left[\begin{array}{cc}0.90&0.10\\0.50&0.50\end{array}\right][/tex]
In this case we need to compute that if Sunday is sunny, what is the probability that Tuesday is also sunny.
This implies that we need to compute the value of P₁₁².
Compute the value of P² as follows:
[tex]P^{2}=P\cdot P[/tex]
[tex]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0.90&0.10\\0.50&0.50\end{array}\right]\cdot \left[\begin{array}{cc}0.90&0.10\\0.50&0.50\end{array}\right]\\\\=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0.86&0.14\\0.70&0.30\end{array}\right][/tex]
The value of P₁₁² is 0.86.
Thus, the probability that if Sunday is sunny, then Tuesday is also sunny is 0.86.