The Table Shows the Number of Days Off Last Year

The table shows the number of days off last year and the earnings for the year (in thousands of dollars) for ninerandomly selected insurance salesmen. $\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\text { Number of days off, } \mathrm{x} & 0 & 3 & 6 & 4 & 9 & 2 & 15 & 8 & 5 \\\hline \text { Earnings for the year (thousands of dollars) , } \mathrm{y} & 97 & 85 & 79 & 81 & 70 & 91 & 54 & 75 & 81\end{array}$

A) $\mathrm { r } = - 0.991$ ; linear relation exists
B) $\mathrm { r } = - 0.991$ ; no linear relation exists
C) $\mathrm { r } = - 0.899$ ; linear relation exists
D) $\mathrm { r } = - 0.899$ ; no linear relation exists