The phrase "a precise answer to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when requesting or referring to a specific and accurate response to a question or problem.
Example: "I need a precise answer to my inquiry about the project's timeline."
Alternatives: "an exact response to" or "a specific reply to".
It's not often there is a precise answer to such a question - 79p.
He is less sure now that there will be a precise answer to who Columbus was or where he was from, but he is still hoping it will come from the DNA.
But this was never going to be a precise answer to the question of whether public-sector workers are overpaid, or to the question of what is fair in times of austerity.
When asked by Robert Jay QC, counsel to the inquiry, if he saw Brooks, also a former Sun and News of the World editor, "every weekend" in Oxfordshire, Cameron found it difficult to give a precise answer to the repeated questions.
A "The qualifications to serve as an officer of a co-op are stated in each individual co-op's bylaws, which should be examined to yield a precise answer to this question," said Aaron Shmulewitz, a Manhattan co-op and condo lawyer.
After Mr. Entwistle struggled to give a precise answer to the lawmakers' questions about other instances of sexual abuse uncovered by the BBC, the broadcaster issued a statement saying that it was aware of allegations involving nine other current or former staff members or contributors, whom it did not name, and that it had referred the cases to the police.
In his Horologium Oscillatorium, the work the Principia most emulates, Huygens had developed a mathematical theory of pendulum motion that enabled measurement of the length and period of pendulums to provide a robust precise answer to the question, how far does an object fall in the absence of air resistance in the first second?
Then, combining this insight with what they already knew about attributes, they were able to identify exactly where to target improvements, in effect providing a very precise answer to where the process was broken.
Dietrich gives a very precise answer to this question based no doubt on his acceptance of Proclus' exposition of the principles of generation within the hierarchy of being.
Revicki and Frank conclude that cost-effectiveness studies with RCTs "may provide a very precise answer to the wrong question" [ 26].
It's not clear whether there is a principled and precise answer to this question.
