Answer to Question #289732 in Operations Research for Rubi

Question

A city has two suburbs: suburb x and suburb y. Over the past several years, the city has experienced a population shift from the city to the suburbs, as shown in the table below.

To the next year

From one year

City (C)

Suburb x (X)

Suburb y (Y)

City (C)

.85

.07

.08

Suburb x (X)

.01

.96

.03

Suburb y (Y)

.01

.02

.97

In 20xo, the city had a population of 120,000, suburb x had a population of 80,000, and suburb by had a population of 50,000. Assuming that the population in the metropolitan area remains constant at 250,000 people,

How many people will live in each of the three areas in 20X2?

How many people will live in each of the three areas in the long run?