Be careful; the parent function is y = 1.12"x, where 1.12 is the base of the function as opposed to the 'a' value. The avalue continuation would come before the base. ie. y = a{112\"[k{xd}}] + c -l ' Therefore, here, you stretched the base of the parent function. - The equation of ' e funct' is Yix)=1.12\"(x-1977)-5 where {Y(x)>0} and | used the exponential func on bec se I can see the numbers are increasing in a non-linear fashion an ex IF\" . ' action would fit the scatter plot data more accurately. -The a-value m as used to stretch the function enough to align with the numbers, as such I had to adjust the d and c values to get the function in line with the scatter plot, I decided to shift it to the right by 1997 units and shifted down by 5 units, I did this through visual inspection and trial and error. In the end, I believe it is fairly accurate. -I have restricted the data to {Y>0} as a negative amount of number of trees cut down is impossible. -This is only meant to display the statistics from 1996 to 2018, which means that {x E R | 1996 S x S 2018} showing deforestation merely began to increase immensely from