GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 Shift 1 Solved Paper

Question : 11 of 65

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The probability that a 50 year flood may NOT occur at all during 25 years life of a project (round off to two decimal places), is_____________ .

Solution:

T=50

years

P=\;{1}/{T}=\;{1}/{50}

q=1-P=\;{49}/{50}

Reliability

=q^{n}=(\;{49}/{50})^{25}=0.6034=60.34 \%

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