A town's average snowfall is 40 cm per year with a standard deviation of 5 cm.  According to the Normal model, what is the probability the town will have more than 50 cm of snow next winter? Round to three decimal places. N(x,s) indicates the normal distribution with mean x and standard deviation s.

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A town's average snowfall is 40 cm per year with a standard deviation of 5 cm.  According to the Normal model, what is the probability the town will have more than 50 cm of snow next winter? Round to three decimal places. N(x,s) indicates the normal distribution with mean x and standard deviation s.

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