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Eigenvalues · Medium problem

Each year 80%80\% of city residents stay in the city and 20%20\% move to the suburbs, while 70%70\% of suburban residents stay and 30%30\% move to the city. This is modelled by xk+1=Axk\mathbf{x}_{k+1} = A\mathbf{x}_k with A=(0.80.30.20.7)A = \begin{pmatrix}0.8 & 0.3\\0.2 & 0.7\end{pmatrix}, where xk\mathbf{x}_k lists the fractions (city, suburbs). Find the long-run fraction of the population living in the city, the first entry of the eigenvector for eigenvalue 11 whose entries add to 11.