Linear AlgebraChallengeMarkov Chains & Long-Run Behavior
Markov Chains & Long-Run Behavior · Challenge problem
A lamp always holds one bulb, whose age in days is , , or . A bulb of age burns out at the end of the day with probability (so a bulb of age always burns out); a burnt-out bulb is replaced overnight by a new bulb, of age the next day, and otherwise the bulb's age goes up by . In the long run, on what fraction of days does the bulb burn out? Express your answer as a common fraction.