A study was made about the incidence of hard-working fathers having lazy sons and lazy fathers having hard-working sons among several generations of families having only one son. It was hypothesized (based on a preliminary study) that a Markov chain model described below will fit the profile from one generation to the next.

If in a particular generation the father was hard-working, what is the probability that his son would be lazy?
A) 0.2
B) 0.8
C) 0.9
D) cannot tell without information about the grandfather

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A study was made about the incidence of hard-working fathers having lazy sons and lazy fathers having hard-working sons among several generations of families having only one son. It was hypothesized (based on a preliminary study) that a Markov chain model described below will fit the profile from one generation to the next.

If in a particular generation the father was hard-working, what is the probability that his son would be lazy?

If in a particular generation the father was hard-working, what is the probability that his son would be lazy?
A) 0.2 
B) 0.8 
C) 0.9 
D) cannot tell without information about the grandfather

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The Answer of A study was made about the incidence of hard-working fathers having lazy sons and lazy fathers having hard-working sons among several generations of families having only one son. It was hypothesized (based on a preliminary study) that a Markov chain model described below will fit the profile from one generation to the next.

If in a particular generation the father was hard-working, what is the probability that his son would be lazy?
A) 0.2 
B) 0.8 
C) 0.9 
D) cannot tell without information about the grandfather

A Study Was Made About the Incidence of Hard-Working Fathers