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Let {Xn |n ≥ 0} be a homogeneous Markov chain with state space S = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} and transition probability matrix 

Let α denote the probability that starting with state 4 the chain will eventually get absorbed in closed class {0, 3}. Then the value of α is 

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