The following data sets represent the highway fuel efficiency in miles per gallon (mpg) of randomly selected cars from two car companies. Which company has cars that are more consistent in highway fuel efficiency?
Car Company A: 35, 28, 35, 30, 31, 36, 35, 30
Car Company B: 29, 33, 40, 27, 34, 34, 34, 25
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Car Company A is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is higher than that of Car Company B.
Car Company A is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is higher than that of Car Company B.
Car Company B is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company A.
Car Company B is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company A.
Cars from both companies have equally consistent highway fuel efficiency.
Cars from both companies have equally consistent highway fuel efficiency.
Car Company A is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company B.
Car Company A is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company B.
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Car Company A is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company B.
To determine consistency, we can look at the range of the data sets. Car Company A has a range of 8 mpg (36-28) while Car Company B has a range of 15 mpg (40-25). A smaller range indicates that the data points are closer together, making the data set more consistent. Therefore, Car Company A is more consistent in highway fuel efficiency compared to Car Company B.