Select the most appropriate response. A company maintains a fleet of vehicles that consist of both cars and trucks.  The miles per gallon realized in the cars follows a normal distribution with mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 2 while the miles per gallon realized in the trucks follows a normal distribution with mean of 17 with a standard deviation of 3. Which distribution is more variable?

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A company maintains a fleet of vehicles that consist of both cars and trucks.  The miles per gallon realized in the cars follows a normal distribution with mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 2 while the miles per gallon realized in the trucks follows a normal distribution with mean of 17 with a standard deviation of 3.

Which distribution is more variable? 

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