A criminologist is comparing car thefts in two cities. She finds the data for the number of cars stolen each day over a 6 month period and computes the mean, median, and mode for the two cities.  1. In the first city, the mean number of cars stolen each day is 30, the median is 15, and the mode is 10. 2. In the second city, the mean number of cars stolen each day is also 30, but the median is 25, and the mode is 15.  In which city would you feel safer about parking your car on the street? Why?

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A criminologist is comparing car thefts in two cities. She finds the data for the number of cars stolen each day over a 6 month period and computes the mean, median, and mode for the two cities. 

1. In the first city, the mean number of cars stolen each day is 30, the median is 15, and the mode is 10.

2. In the second city, the mean number of cars stolen each day is also 30, but the median is 25, and the mode is 15. 

In which city would you feel safer about parking your car on the street? Why? 

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