The correlation coefficient gives us a precise measurement of the relationship between two variables, in this case the variables are the SAT score and the GPA score, the values of a correlation coefficient goes from -1.0 and 1.0, the question is telling us that the correlation coefficient is 0.8, this means that the correlation is positive and the relationship between the variables is strong because the vaue is closer to 1.
The image is an example of a correlation and shows us a strong positive correlation.
Then we can determine that the answer is:
D. SAT score increases as GPA increases.