The following time series plot presents the number of hurricanes originating in the Atlantic Ocean for each year from 1850 through 2015.

a. Estimate the largest number of hurricanes to occur in a year.

b. Was the first year in which 15 or more hurricanes occurred closest to 1970, 1980, or 1990?

c. Were the number of hurricanes in the years since 1990 greater than, less than, or about equal to the number in most other years?

d. From 1850 through 1980 was the number of hurricanes generally increasing, generally decreasing, or staying about the same?

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1850 1860 1870- 1880- 1890 1900- 1910 1920- 1930- 1940- 1950- 1960- 1970 1980- 1990- 2000- 2010 2020 Number of Hurricanes