The article Cities Trying to Rejuvenate Recycling Efforts (USA Today, October 27, 2006) states that the amount

The article €œCities Trying to Rejuvenate Recycling Efforts€ (USA Today, October 27, 2006) states that the amount of waste collected for recycling has grown slowly in recent years. This statement was supported by the data in the accompanying table. Use these data to construct a time-series plot. Explain how the plot is or is not consistent with the given statement.

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Recycled Waste Year in millions of tons) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 29.7 32.9 36.0 37.9 43.5 46.1 46.4 47.3 48.0 50.1 52.7 52.8 53.7 55.8 57.2 58.4