Given the following data set:

Number of customers served by Business F -Year

1,000 -2016

1,500- 2017

2,250- 2018

3,375 -2019

a) What type of a function can be used to analyze and represent the given scenario? Explain in detail.

b) Derive the function that can be used to analyze and represent the given scenario.

c) Use the function to predict the number of clients that Business F will serve in the year 2021.

d) How can Business F use the information you found above in c)?

e) Is the given situation realistic? Why or why not?