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A public swimming pool records attendance each month. Values are recorded in visits

Cartesian plot with horizontal axis Month and vertical axis Pool attendance; values use visits. The window is Month 1 to 19 and Pool attendance 950 to 1,400. The plotted coordinates are (1, 1,054), (2, 1,084), (3, 1,102), (4, 1,108), (5, 1,134), (6, 1,140), (7, 1,164), (8, 1,176), (9, 1,180), (10, 1,205), (11, 1,222), (12, 1,235), (13, 1,242), (14, 1,273), (15, 1,280), (16, 1,296), (17, 1,323), (18, 1,342), (19, 1,338). Consecutive coordinates are joined by straight segments.2019 Mar2019 Sep2020 Mar2020 Sep1,0001,1001,2001,3001,400MonthPool attendance
Recorded values in period order
(a)1 mark

Read the whole plot and classify its long-term movement

(b)1 mark

Does one plotted value show the isolated-departure behaviour described here?

(c)1 mark

Which description best matches the shorter departures in the plot?