A water-resource system is designed for a 50-year storm. Assuming that storm occurrence is a Bernoulli process, what is the probability that the 50-year storm will be equaled or exceeded 1 year after the system is constructed? Within the first 6 years?

A water-resource system is designed for a 50-year storm. Assuming that storm occurrence is a Bernoulli process, what is the probability that the 50-year storm will be equaled or exceeded 1 year after the system is constructed? Within the first 6 years?

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Flooding is a temporary overflow of water that submerges or covers the the usually dry land. It can also be defined as the overflow of the excess amount of water that covers a huge area of land which is normally dry.

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8.10. A water-resource system is designed for a 50-year storm. Assuming that storm occurrence is a
Bernoulli process, what is the probability that the 50-year storm will be equaled or exceeded 1 year
after the system is constructed? Within the first 6 years?

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