In: Math
Year/Number of Years Since 1971/Number of stores
| 
 1971  | 
 0  | 
 1  | 
| 
 1987  | 
 16  | 
 17  | 
| 
 1988  | 
 17  | 
 33  | 
| 
 1989  | 
 18  | 
 55  | 
| 
 1990  | 
 19  | 
 84  | 
| 
 1991  | 
 20  | 
 116  | 
| 
 1992  | 
 21  | 
 165  | 
| 
 1993  | 
 22  | 
 272  | 
| 
 1994  | 
 23  | 
 425  | 
| 
 1995  | 
 24  | 
 677  | 
| 
 1996  | 
 25  | 
 1015  | 
| 
 1997  | 
 26  | 
 1412  | 
| 
 1998  | 
 27  | 
 1886  | 
| 
 1999  | 
 28  | 
 2498  | 
| 
 2000  | 
 29  | 
 3501  | 
| 
 2001  | 
 30  | 
 4709  | 
| 
 2002  | 
 31  | 
 5886  | 
| 
 2003  | 
 32  | 
 7225  | 
| 
 2004  | 
 33  | 
 8569  | 
| 
 2005  | 
 34  | 
 10241  | 
| 
 2006  | 
 35  | 
 12440  | 
| 
 2007  | 
 36  | 
 15011  | 
| 
 2008  | 
 37  | 
 16680  | 
| 
 2009  | 
 38  | 
 16635  | 
| 
 2010  | 
 39  | 
 16858  | 
| 
 2011  | 
 40  | 
 17003  | 
| 
 2012  | 
 41  | 
 18066  | 
| 
 2013  | 
 42  | 
 19767  | 
| 
 2014  | 
 43  | 
 21366  | 
| 
 2015  | 
 44  | 
 22519  | 
1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050
| Year | No. of years since 1971, X | No. of stores | Log Transformed Y | 
| 1987 | 16 | 17 | 2.833213344 | 
| 1988 | 17 | 33 | 3.496507561 | 
| 1989 | 18 | 55 | 4.007333185 | 
| 1990 | 19 | 84 | 4.430816799 | 
| 1991 | 20 | 116 | 4.753590191 | 
| 1992 | 21 | 165 | 5.105945474 | 
| 1993 | 22 | 272 | 5.605802066 | 
| 1994 | 23 | 425 | 6.052089169 | 
| 1995 | 24 | 677 | 6.517671273 | 
| 1996 | 25 | 1015 | 6.922643891 | 
| 1997 | 26 | 1412 | 7.252762418 | 
| 1998 | 27 | 1886 | 7.542213463 | 
| 1999 | 28 | 2498 | 7.823245691 | 
| 2000 | 29 | 3501 | 8.160803921 | 
| 2001 | 30 | 4709 | 8.45723085 | 
| 2002 | 31 | 5886 | 8.680331929 | 
| 2003 | 32 | 7225 | 8.885302513 | 
| 2004 | 33 | 8569 | 9.055906319 | 
| 2005 | 34 | 10241 | 9.23415455 | 
| 2006 | 35 | 12440 | 9.428672366 | 
| 2007 | 36 | 15011 | 9.616538545 | 
| 2008 | 37 | 16680 | 9.721965676 | 
| 2009 | 38 | 16635 | 9.719264188 | 
| 2010 | 39 | 16858 | 9.732580601 | 
| 2011 | 40 | 17003 | 9.741145078 | 
| 2012 | 41 | 18066 | 9.801786998 | 
| 2013 | 42 | 19767 | 9.89176916 | 
| 2014 | 43 | 21366 | 9.969556153 | 
| 2015 | 44 | 22519 | 10.02211468 | 
After Regressing ln(y) on x:
ln(y) = 0.122 + 0.252*x
y = 
= 1.13*
Initial Value:
When x = 0
y = 1.13
Growth Rate is: 0.252
Interpretation:
Initial value: These are the number of stores present at time t= 0.
Growth Rate: Stores are increasing at an exponential rate of 0.252/yr
| Year | Year Since 1971 | Predicted Stores | 
| 1980 | 9 | 10.91586933 | 
| 1990 | 19 | 135.6689372 | 
| 2000 | 29 | 1686.1745 | 
| 2010 | 39 | 20956.78277 | 
| 2020 | 49 | 260463.4004 | 
| 2030 | 59 | 3237194.549 | 
| 2040 | 69 | 40233785.37 | 
| 2050 | 79 | 500049490.6 |