The following table gives the number of chicken pox cases after 1988. The variable x represents the number of years after 1988. The variable y represents the number of cases in thousands.
Year Reported Cases (thousands)
1989
185.4
1990
173.1
1991
147.1
1992
158.4
1993
134.7
1994
151.2
Which scatter plot most accurately depicts the data on the table.

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