Outback Steakhouse grew explosively during its first years of operation. The numbers of Outback Steakhouse locations for the period 1988-1993 are given below.

a. Does there appear to be linear or exponential growth in the number of steakhouses?
b. Estimate the annual growth rate for Outback Steakhouse over the 1988-1993 period.
c. Forecast the number of Outback locations for 2007. Does this number seem reasonable? Explain.

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988 1989 1990 99 1992 1993 137 Year 23 49 87 Number of locations 2