An optical storage device uses and error recovery Procedure that requires an immediate satisfactory readback of any written data. If the readback is not successful after three writing operations, that sector of the disk is eliminated as unacceptable for data storage. On an acceptable portion of the disk, the probability of a satisfactory readback is 0.98. Assume the readbacks are independent. What is the probability that an acceptable portion of the disk is eliminated as unacceptable for data storage?
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