Jonathan macintosh is a highly successful pennsylvania orchardman who has formed his own company to produce and package applesauce. apples can be stored for several months in cold storage, so applesauce production is relatively uniform throughout the year. the recently hired controller for the firm is about to apply the high-low method in estimating the company’s energy cost behavior. the following costs were incurred during the past 12 months:

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

16 i am positive

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