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This is the question:

1.7. Give state diagrams of NFAs with the specified number of states recognizing each of the following languages. In all parts, the alphabet is {0,1}.

a. The language {w| w ends with 00} with three states

This is how my professor answered it:

my professor answer

But this is the answer I found on web:

answer on web

But I think the second one should be the correct answer.

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The first answer is incorrect. The automaton does not accept, for example, the input word $0100$. In fact, the first automaton misses at least all words in the language that are not of the form $1^*0^*$.

The second answer is correct. It is not hard to prove it. Can you try?

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