Although holding a territory can prove costly in terms of the energetic outlay necessary to defend or advertise the territory, territory ownership imparts benefits that offset those costs. the primary benefit of territory ownership is

The primary benefit of territory ownership is "exclusive access to the resources within the territory"

Explanation:

A territory is an area, containing certain resources that is controlled by an individual or a country.

Although it may prove costly to defend a territory from intruders, whoever owns or is in control of the territory has priority over, and unlimited access to, the resources within that territory and can utilize them as he/she chooses.

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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.