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A simple Markov chain process has 3 states. Its transition matrix is presented by matrix B. A patient can be in state: Healthy, Sick or Dead. Use the information below to calculate the missing variables:

• The patient can only move one state per time period
• Every patient starts off healthy at the beginning of the observation
• Accidental deaths are impossible (A healthy person cannot die in one time period)
• A healthy person is twice as likely to stay healthy as to become sick.
• It is equally likely for a person that is sick to stay sick or to recover or to die.

The value of v is:

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