the weather forecaster says that there is a 49% chance of rain today. which statement describes the likelihood that it will rain today? it is neither likely nor unlikely that it will rain today. it is likely that it will rain today. it is unlikely that it will rain today. it will definitely rain today.

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# Explanation:
## Step1: Analyze probability ranges
- A $0\%$ chance means it will definitely not happen. A $100\%$ chance means it will definitely happen.
- An unlikely event has a probability less than $50\%$ but more than $0\%$. A likely event has a probability more than $50\%$ but less than $100\%$.
- When the probability is $49\%$, since $49\%<50\%$, it is closer to the “unlikely” side but the key is:
- Probability $p = 49\%$ which is in the range $0\%<p<50\%$. But if we consider the fact that $49\%$ is very close to $50\%$ (the boundary between unlikely ($0 - 49\%$) and likely ($51 - 100\%$) in simple terms of whole - number percentage cut - offs for basic likelihood description), but actually,  $49\%$ still falls into the “unlikely” category when we consider the strict $0 - 49\%$ (unlikely) and $51 - 100\%$ (likely) split (assuming $50\%$ is the mid - point of “neither likely nor unlikely” in a simple binary split for basic likelihood terms).

# Answer:
It is unlikely that it will rain today.

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