In an office complex of 1110 employees, on any given day some are at work and the rest are absent. It is known that if an employee is at work today, there is an 77% chance that she will be at work tomorrow, and if the employee is absent today, there is a 54% chance that she will be absent tomorrow. Suppose that today there are 854 emplovees at work. Predict the number that will be at work five days from now.

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In an office complex of 1110 employees, on any given day some are at work and the rest are absent. It is known that if an employee is at work today, there is an 77% chance that she will be at work tomorrow, and if the employee is absent today, there is a 54% chance that she will be absent tomorrow.

Suppose that today there are 854 emplovees at work.

Predict the number that will be at work five days from now. 

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