A fire department response time measures the time from when the alarm is sounded at the fire house to the time the first fire engine leaves the station . Histograms below display the response times for the fire department in two small towns : hilltown and crest view

Explained below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Histogram is a graphical display of the data provided where the height of the bars represents the frequency of the values in a specific range.

The histograms can be used to draw conclusions about the shape of the distribution of the data provided.

In the histogram, if maximum of the data-values are collected on the left of the chart then the distribution is positively skewed.

In the histogram, if maximum of the data-values are collected on the right of the chart then the distribution is negatively skewed.

Thus, the histograms for the fire department in two small towns : hilltown and crest view  can be used to compare the shape of their distributions.

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.