Question: A dam has been built to create a reservoir for a city located below the dam. A pole in the middle of the resulting lake

A dam has been built to create a reservoir for a city located below the dam. A pole in the middle of the resulting lake has a mark on it showing the height of the dam and below it a mark showing the historical mean water level of the reservoir - the mean lake level mark is 7 feet below the top of the dam. Measurements of the lake level,d, are always taken with respect to the mean mark: the mean lake level hasd= 0; water levels below the mean level haved <0; and water levels above the mean level haved >0. The random variabledis normal with a mean of 0 feet and a variance of 25. The city is planning a public works project to increase the height of the dam by two feet.By what percentage will the probability that the reservoir overflows be decreased?[Note: if the quantityadecreases by 100p% the decreased value is (1p)a.]

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