In a study, nine tires of a particular brand were driven on a track under identical conditions. Each tire was driven a particular controlled distance (measured in thousands of miles) and the tread depth was measured after the drive. Tread depth is measured in "mils." Here, 1 mil is 0.001 inch. The least-squares regression line was computed, and added to a scatterplot of these data. On the plot, one data point is marked with an "X."

The equation of the least-squares regression line is: Tread depth = 360.64 - 11.39x (thousands of miles)

Also,r² = 0.953. Which statement is TRUE?

A)	The correlation between tread depth and miles is -0.976.
B)	The correlation between tread depth and miles is -0.953.
C)	The correlation between tread depth and miles is 0.976.
D)	The correlation between tread depth and miles is 0.953.