The table gives the annual global plastic production over time, in years, since 1960.



Fit an exponential model to this data.

The exponential model indicates that plastic production has (1) _____ per year. The model predicts that plastic production 15 years after 1960 was closest to (2) _____ million metric tons. Because the correlation coefficient indicates (3) _____
correlation between the model and the data, this prediction (4) _____.

Answer options:

1-
increased by 4.9 metric tons
decreased by 4.9 metric tons
increased by 4.9%
decreased by 4.9%

2-
40
60
70

3-
moderate
strong
weak

4-
is unreliable
can be accepted with confidence