The unexplained variation in y is
A)the distance between the observed and predicted values of y.
B)the distance between the mean and the best-fit line.
C)the distance between the mean and the data points.
D)the distance between the mean and the predicted value of y.

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The unexplained variation in y is the distance between the observed and predicted values of y, which is also known as the residual. It represents the portion of the variability in the response variable that is not accounted for by the explanatory variable(s) in the model.

The Unexplained Variation in Y Is