Math 2602
B1,B2
Homework #11
Due Thursday, April 7, 2005
Suppose that in the Trusty Rent-A-Car example
(Example 6 on page 418 - p.372 and p. 693 in the 2nd
edition) 6/10 of the cars which start in NYC end up
there (and 4/10 end up in LA), instead of 1/2 and 1/2
(still with 2/3 of those which start in LA ending up
there).
i) How many cars are in NYC at the beginning of month n?
How many are in LA?
ii) What is the long-range behavior of this system?
The remaining parts will not be graded, and are for discussion
only.
iii) Repeat when 9/10 of the cars which start in NYC end
up there.
iv) Repeat when all
of the cars which start in NYC end up there.