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Suppose that a certain cache-based system experiences a cache hit rate of 98%. A cache access requires 2 clock cycles, and main-memory access requires 40 clock cycles. The Effective Access Time for this system is how many clock cycles?

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Cache hit rate (H) = 98% or 0.98
Cache access time (Tc) = 2 clock ...

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