Can anyone explain the following distribution to me?

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The discussion centers on the initial distribution P_0 = (0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0), which represents a specific state in a queuing process. The presence of 8 entries in the distribution corresponds to the number of states in the system being analyzed. This aligns with the principles of Bernoulli single-server queuing processes, as referenced in a previous forum post from 6 years ago.

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Homework Statement
(Printer). Any printer represents a single-server queuing system because
it can process only one job at a time while other jobs are stored in a queue. Suppose the
jobs are sent to a printer at the rate of 20 per hour, and that it takes an average of 40
seconds to print each job. Currently a printer is printing a job, and there is another job
stored in a queue. Assuming Bernoulli single-server queuing process with 20-second frames,
(a) what is the probability that the printer will be idle in 2 minutes?
Relevant Equations
[itex] p_{00} = 8/9 [/itex]
[itex] p_{01}= 1/9 [/itex]
Apparently the initial distribution for this problem, P_0 = ( 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 )

but I do not understand why there are 8 entries?
 
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