If we have the given fraction of branch instructions and branch prediction accuracy, what percentage of all cycles are entirely spent fetching wrong-path instructions? Ignore the performance loss number.

For the remaining three problems in this exercise, unless the problem specifies otherwise, assume the following statistics about what percentage of instructions are branches, predictor accuracy, and performance loss due to branch mispredictions:

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a. b. Branches as a Fraction of All Executed Instructions 10% 10% Branches Execute Predictor Accuracy Performance in Stage Loss 9 LO 5 96% 98% 5% 1%