If the correlation between two variables is 0.496,how much of the variance has not been accounted for?
A)24.6%
B)49.6%
C)50.4%
D)75.4%

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To find the variance not accounted for, we subtract the square of the correlation coefficient from 1. The correlation coefficient is 0.496, so squaring this gives 0.496^2 = 0.246016. Subtracting this from 1 gives 1 - 0.246016 = 0.753984, which is approximately 75.4%.

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