The histograms below were created from data on the daily high temperature in City A and City B during a winter month. Compare the two distributions. Which city do you think has the higher typical temperature? Which city has more variation in temperature? Explain.

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Part 1

Choose the correct answer below.

A.

City A has a higher typical temperature because the majority of the data points for City A are higher than in City B. City B has more variation in temperature because City B has a wider spread of data points than City A.

B.

City A has a higher typical temperature because the data points for City A are more concentrated than in City B. City B has more variation in temperature because City B has more groups of data than City A.

C.

City B has a higher typical temperature because the majority of the data points for City B are higher than in City A. City A has more variation in temperature because City A has a wider spread of data points than City B.

D.

City B has a higher typical temperature because the data points for City B are more concentrated than in City A. City A has more variation in temperature because City A has more groups of data than City B.