Question number 14.

Number of Certified Organic Farms in the United States, 2001-2008 Year Farms 2001 5, 125 2002 5,486 2003 6, 168 2004 6,152 2005 6, 652 2006 7, 521 2007 9, 092 2008 10,705 (a) Fit three trends (linear, quadratic, exponential) to the time series. (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round the intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) Linear yt X+ Quadratic YE = Xt Exponential yt = (b) Use each of the three fitted trend equations to make numerical forecasts for the next three years. (Round the intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and round your final answers to 1 decimal place.) Linear Exponential Quadratic 9 10 11