How would the author be most likely to explain the correlation between the "salaries of California school teachers [and the] profits of Nevada gambling halls" (Lines 63-64)? A. There is a positive correlation that is probably due to California teachers' working in Las Vegas on weekends to increase both their salaries and increase both their salaries and Nevada's gambling profits. B. There is a positive correlation that is probably linked to general economic trends, but no direct causal relationship exists. C. There is a negative correlation that is probably linked to general economic trends, but no direct causal relationship exists. D. There is a negative correlation because the element that controls Las Vegas gambling probably has agents in the California school system. E. The author would deny the existence of any correlation whatsoever.