If the correlation between two variables is 0.876,how much of the variance has been accounted for?
A)24.6%
B)49.6%
C)59.1%
D)76.7%

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The coefficient of determination (r-squared) gives the proportion of variance in one variable that can be explained by the other variable. Squaring the correlation coefficient gives us the coefficient of determination, which in this case is (0.876)^2 = 0.767, or 76.7%. Therefore, the answer is D.

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