The scatter plot shows the number of horseshoe crabs caught along the Atlantic coast each year since 1998. An exponential model has been fit to the data. The equation and the correlation coefficient of this model are given on the graph.



The exponential model suggest that the number of horseshoe crabs caught has
per year. According to the model, the predicted number of horseshoe crabs caught in 2018 is approximately
million. Since the correlation coefficient indicates a
fit between the model and the data, this prediction should be
.