Copy and paste the following data into Excel. Create a scatterplot of the data and use the scatterplot to determine if the data would best be represented by a linear, quadratic, or exponential trendline. Then use Excel to find the equation of the appropriate trendline.
x,y
15,-909.24
14,-894.48
18,-175.56
20,293.25
17,-385.56
12,-1,097.67
8,-1,062.48
12,-1,109.4
7,-992.48
Equation of trendline: