explanations for the answers vs explanations of the answers

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Explanations for the answers' is commonly used when providing reasons or justifications for the answers given, while 'explanations of the answers' is more general and can refer to any type of explanation related to the answers.

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explanations for the answers

This phrase is correct and commonly used when providing reasons or justifications for the answers given.

This phrase is used when you want to explain the reasons or justifications behind the answers that have been provided.

Examples:

Can you provide explanations for the answers you chose on the test?
The teacher asked for explanations for the answers in the homework assignment.

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They want explanations and answers for... Well, all this.
In my view, two main answers or explanations can be given.
No explanations, no short answers, no multiple choices.
Demands that Parliament receive - by 30 September 2010 - a complete explanation and exact answers why the new Visitors' Centre has still not been opened;
Instead, the citizens do receive an answer, explanation or even an apology when a matter has not been dealt with ideally, even though in purely formal terms no evidence could be produced of poor administrative practice.
And if the answer that we get from our calculations agrees with the values of those numbers that have been determined through detailed and precise experimentation, this in many ways would be the first fundamental explanation for why the structure of the universe is the way it is.
Further to the answer to my question E-2144/06, has the Commission any explanation for the phenomenal 26.7 % increase in racist crime in Germany in 2005?
My answer is that we have the largest number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, and I think that's the simplest explanation for our remarkable cognitive abilities.
The answers gave rise to some confusion and now Commissioner Flynn and other members of the Commission can provide further explanations.
For a more detailed explanation of that declaration, the Council would refer the honourable Member to the answer to that question.
The most likely explanation for this public investment shortfall is fiscal constraints.
There is a good explanation for what happened.
Molly needs a believable explanation for what she remembers.
Herein lies the most convincing explanation for British decline.
I may have an explanation for everything.
Mental illness is the fashionable explanation for sin.
Mental illness is the fashionable explanation for sin.
Austria provides the following detailed explanation for these cost items.
The market itself offers the explanation for falling prices.
France has given the following explanations for these various amounts.

Alternatives:

reasons for the answers
justifications for the answers

explanations of the answers

This phrase is correct and can be used in a more general sense to refer to any type of explanation related to the answers.

This phrase is used when you want to refer to explanations that are related to the answers, without specifying the nature of the explanations.

Examples:

The book provides detailed explanations of the answers to the exercises.
I need explanations of the answers given in the report.

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They want explanations and answers for... Well, all this.
In my view, two main answers or explanations can be given.
No explanations, no short answers, no multiple choices.
Demands that Parliament receive - by 30 September 2010 - a complete explanation and exact answers why the new Visitors' Centre has still not been opened;
Instead, the citizens do receive an answer, explanation or even an apology when a matter has not been dealt with ideally, even though in purely formal terms no evidence could be produced of poor administrative practice.
For a more detailed explanation of that declaration, the Council would refer the honourable Member to the answer to that question.
Mr Fatuzzo, I am unable to answer that question, for this is an explanation of vote.
Moreover, the monthly press conference includes a question and answer session which provides a platform for a timely and even-handed explanation of monetary policy decisions to the public.
The answers gave rise to some confusion and now Commissioner Flynn and other members of the Commission can provide further explanations.
The monthly press conference includes a question-and-answer session, which is attended by various media representatives from across the euro area and beyond, and provides a platform for a timely and even-handed explanation of monetary policy decisions to the public.
I could find no answer to that question in this or any other document and so, in this explanation of vote, I call for the euro to be introduced directly on 1 January 2001, without the transition period.
That concludes the explanations of vote.
That concludes the explanations of vote.
All the explanations of vote are in writing.
And if the answer that we get from our calculations agrees with the values of those numbers that have been determined through detailed and precise experimentation, this in many ways would be the first fundamental explanation for why the structure of the universe is the way it is.
No, it's the only explanation your twisted mind can come up with because you're angry that you can't find the answer, and you're taking it out on her.
The questionnaire reply, the answer to the request for additional information and explanations received on-the-spot justified the price difference exclusively on the fact that retailers had to resell the product and thus were not in a position to accept prices at user level.
As a follow-up to the answers to our written question of 9 November on spending EUR 122 million in aid for Eritrea, we seek a further explanation about the justification for this aid.
Further to the answer to my question E-2144/06, has the Commission any explanation for the phenomenal 26.7 % increase in racist crime in Germany in 2005?
Mr President, I would like to say that my first explanation of vote was a compendious explanation of my two votes.

Alternatives:

explanations regarding the answers
explanations about the answers

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explanations for the answers vs explanations of the answers