A central circle on a station model that is 75 percent black and 25 percent white tells you

A) there is a 75 percent chance of rain.
B) the cloud cover ranges over 70 to 80 percent of the sky.
C) the northwest quadrant of the sky is clear, while the remainder of the sky is cloudy.
D) it is currently raining in moderate amounts.


Answer: B

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