Amazon.com has become one of the most successful online merchants. Two measures of its success are sales and net income/loss figures. The data: Year Net Income/Loss Sales 1995 -0.3 0.5 1996 -5.7 15.7 1997 -27.5 147.7 1998 -124.5 609.8 1999 -719.9 1639.8 2000 -1411.2 2761.9 2001 -567.3 3122.9 2002 -149.1 3933 2003 35.3 5263.7 2004 588.5 6921 2005 359 8490 2006 190 10711 2007 476 14835 2008 645 19.17 2009 902 24.51 2010 1152 34.2 2011 631 48.08 2012 -39 61.09 2013 274 74.45 2014 -241 88.99 Use Excel to complete the following: Construct a scatter plot for Amazon's net income/loss and sales figures for the period 1995–2015. Determine a polynomial model, including its order (or degree), for Amazon's net income/loss and sales figures. Use Word to complete the following: Explain your process of determining the polynomial mode *Please provide steps and if possible screen shots on the excel portion when I tried to do the scatter plot my range was really off so i need specifics

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Amazon.com has become one of the most successful online merchants. Two measures of its success are sales and net income/loss figures. 
The data:
Year Net Income/Loss Sales
1995 -0.3 0.5
1996 -5.7 15.7
1997 -27.5 147.7
1998 -124.5 609.8
1999 -719.9 1639.8
2000 -1411.2 2761.9
2001 -567.3 3122.9
2002 -149.1 3933
2003 35.3 5263.7
2004 588.5 6921
2005 359 8490
2006 190 10711
2007 476 14835
2008 645 19.17
2009 902 24.51
2010 1152 34.2
2011 631 48.08
2012 -39 61.09
2013 274 74.45
2014 -241 88.99

 
Use Excel to complete the following:
  1. Construct a scatter plot for Amazon's net income/loss and sales figures for the period 1995–2015.  
  2. Determine a polynomial model, including its order (or degree), for Amazon's net income/loss and sales figures. 
     
Use Word to complete the following:
  1. Explain your process of determining the polynomial mode

*Please provide steps and if possible screen shots on the excel portion when I tried to do the scatter plot my range was really off so i need specifics

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