A company was examining its number of memberships $(M)$ in thousands over its years in operation since $2000($ hat$(0).$ The company found

the following trend in the data.

Question $4$ of $12$

Estimate $N(5)$ and interpret it in context of the problem.

$N(5)=17\mathrm{.}6,$ which means that in $2005,$ there were about $17,600$ memberships.

$N(5)=17,$ which means that in $2017,$ there were about $5,000$ memberships

$N(5)=17\mathrm{.}6,$ which means that in mid$-2017,$ there were about $5,000$ memberships.

$N(5)=17,$ which means that in $2005,$ there were about $17,000$ memberships.