3.28 Assume that the channel capacity of 12,000 cfs near a private home was equa

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3.28 Assume that the channel capacity of 12,000 cfs near a private home was equaled or exceeded in 3 of the past 60 years. Find the following:
a) The frequency of the 12,000-cfs value.
b) The probability that the home will be flooded next year.
c) The return period of the 12,000-cfs value.
d) The probability that the home will not be flooded next year.
e) The probability of two consecutive, safe years.
f) The probability of a flood at least once in the next 20 years.
g) The probability of a flood in the second, but not the first, of two consecutive years.
h) The 20-year flood risk.

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