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The Beta Il computer's electronic processing unit contains 50 components in series. The average reliability of each component is 97% Using the figure to the the right showing overall system reliability as a function of the number of n components (each with the same reliability) and component. reliability with components in a series, the overall reliability of the processing system =% (enter your response as a percentage rounded to the nearest whole number) Reliability of the system (percent) 100 80- 60- 40 n+1 -10 h-50 n=100 20 Mfano 4200 Tabara 99 97 196 100 Average reliability of each component (percent) odu