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

(1 point)
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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.

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.

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 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.
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Car Company B is more consistent, because the range of highway fuel efficiency of its cars is lower than that of Car Company A. The range of Car Company A is 8 (36-28) and the range of Car Company B is 15 (40-25), indicating that the highway fuel efficiency of Car Company B's cars is more closely clustered around the average.