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A local weather forecaster is accurate 85% of the time when predicting precipitation for the day. What is the probability that she will make correct precipitation predictions 4 days in a row? Round to the nearest whole percent.

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P(predicting weather for 1st day) n= 0.85
P(predicting weather fo1st day AND 22nd day And 3rd day AND 4rth day)=
P(0.85)⁴ = 0.522

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