A Markovian system is currently at stage 1.To determine the state of the system at stage 6, we must have, in addition to the transition matrix, the state probabilities at:
A)stage 5.
B)stage 1.
C)any stage, up to and including 5.
D)no stage values are needed.

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To determine the state of the system at stage 6, we need to have the state probabilities at all previous stages up to and including stage 5. This is because the state probabilities at each stage depend on the state probabilities at the previous stage, and we need to use the transition matrix and the initial state probabilities to calculate the state probabilities at each stage. Therefore, option C is the best choice.

A Markovian System Is Currently at Stage 1