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The City Fire Department currently owns 7 fire engines and wants to purchase an additional fire...

The City Fire Department currently owns 7 fire engines and wants to purchase an additional fire engine. In order to evaluate this request, the City Council gathers data on vehicles for Fire Departments in cities that are similar in key attributes (population size, land area, tax bases, etc.) These data are presented below. Should the City Council approve the Department’s request to purchase an additional fire engine? (Use any method of analysis that you find helpful and explain your answer in a few sentences.)

Number of Fire Engines

Number of Cities

5

4

6

5

7

8

8

15

9

12

10

6

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Since the mean numbers of fire engines are 7.88 which is approximately 8, hence City fire department needs additional fire engine.

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