USA Today reported (Anthony Breznican and Gary Strauss, Where Have All the Moviegoers Gone? June 23, 2005)

USA Today reported (Anthony Breznican and Gary Strauss, €œWhere Have All the Moviegoers Gone?€ June 23, 2005) that in the summer of 2005, ticket sales to movie theaters had fallen for 17 straight weeks, the industry€™s longest losing streak since 1985. To determine the long-term trends in ticket sales, the following data representing the number of admissions (in billions) were obtained from the National Association of Theatre Owners:

a. Produce a line plot of the data.
b. Describe any trends that you detect.

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Year Admissions 09 08 126 9 1.14 17 Year Admissios 24 1.28 26 134 139 .48 Year Admissios 47 42 .49 3 57 53 Year Admissions .38 41 140 1987 988 1989 1990 99 1992 993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007