The example Sales at Tomlin Manufacturing from 2013 to 2017. Evaluate the research problem and analyze the concept of nonlinear trend analysis. Find other examples similar to Tomlin to help explain the concepts analyzed.

The table gives us the Sales at Tomlin Manufacturing from 2013 to 2017 Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Sales ($ millions 2.13 18.10 39.80 81.40 112.00 Sales Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Tomlin sales in $ millions (X) 2.13 18.10 39.80 81.40 112.00 253.430 log of sales (Y) 0.3284 1.25768 1.59988 1.91062 2.04922 7.14580 XY 0.699492 22.7640 63.6752 115.5240 229.5130 432.176 X 4.5369 327.61 1584.04 6625.960 12544.00 21086.1