5) If the local professional basketball 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 a 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 a 50-50 chance of the Sneakers winning today's game, what are the chances that they win their next game?
C) If they won today, what are the chances of winning the game after the next?

c) If you win today, what are the chances of winning the game after next?

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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