Trevor recorded the amount of material collected for recycling at his school for 5 weeks. Trevor calculated a line of best fit for the data to model the amount collected, y,
as a function of time, x. He found the correlation coefficient to be between 0.7 and -1.
Which statement BEST describes the correlation among the data?
A. There is a weak correlation in which the amount collected increased as time increased.
B. There is a weak correlation in which the amount collected decreased as time increased.
C. There is a strong correlation in which the amount collected increased as time increased.
D. There is a strong correlation in which the amount collected decreased as time increased.