A certain company is a nationwide chain of retail stores that sell a wide assortment of merchandise, including domestics merchandise and home fumishings, as well as food, giftware, and health and beauty care items. The number of stores open at the end of the fiscal year from 1997 to 2012 is listed in the accompanying data table. Assign the coded value 0 to the first year, the coded value 1 to the second year, and so on. Complete parts (a) through (f) below. Click the icon to view the data table. a. Plot the data Choose the correct graph below. O A. B. O C. O D. 1,200-900 1,200- 1.200- 1.200- Stores Open Stores Open Stores Open 500- 600 600- 060 0 0 00 00 6020 Stores Open 600 00 00 0 0 00 00 00 Do oo yoooon of 5 10 15 5 10 15 5 10 15 5 10 15 Coded Year Coded Year Coded Year Coded Year b. Compute a linear trend forecasting equation and plot the results. Note that X, represents the ith coded year and Y, represents the ith predicted value of the number of stores open. - X (Round to three decimal places as needed.) Number of stores open data Year Stores Year Stores Open Open 1997 99 2005 714 1998 144 2006 808 1999 201 2007 878 2000 258 2008 987 2001 299 2009 1019 2002 413 2010 1 104 2003 502 2011 1123 2004 628 2012 1167 Print Done