Time in years (t)	0	1	2	3	4	5
Number of fish (F)	1903	1998	1900	1517	1693	1408

A table and corresponding Cartesian plane show the population trend of fish over time. The top section presents a two-row table. The top row is labeled "Time in years (t)" and list the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,and 5. The bottom row is labeled "Number of fish (F)" and list the numbers 1903,1998,1900,1517,1693 and 1408, respectively. The Cartesian plane below has its horizontal axis ranging from 0 to 20 and its vertical axis ranging from 0 to 2000. The horizontal axis is labeled "time (years)" and marked with major intervals of 4 and minor intervals of 2. The vertical axis is labeled "number of fish" and marked with major intervals of 200 and minor intervals of 100. Six data points represented by solid dots are plotted in the Cartesian plane. The first data point is at \left(0, 1903\right). The second data point is at \left(1, 1998\right). The third data point is at \left(2, 1900\right). The fourth data point is at \left(3, 1517\right). The fifth data point is at \left(4, 1693\right). The sixth data point is at \left(5, 1408\right). The coordinates of the points are not explicitly labeled.

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