Number of Certified Organic Farms in the United States, 2001–2008 Year Farms 2001 6,231 2002 6,574 2003 7,237 2004 7,211 2005 7,701 2006 8,581 2007 10,302 2008 11,796 Click here for the Excel Data...

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(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.)

(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.)

I'm only missing the quadratic