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A student finds that the correlation between two variables is 0.5 and says that the line explains 50% of the variation in y. A teacher says that this is wrong. What is the correct percentage?

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A student finds that the correlation between two variables is $0.5$ and says that the line explains $50\%$ of the variation in $y$ . A teacher says that this is wrong. What is the correct percentage?

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