United Dairies, Inc., supplies milk to several independent grocers throughout Dade County, Florida. Managers at United Dairies want to develop a forecast of the number of half gallons of milk sold per week. Sales data for the past 12 weeks are:

Week Sales

1 2750
2 3100
3 3250
4 2800
5 2900
6 3050
7 3300
8 3100
9 2950
10 3000
11 3200
12 3150

(a) construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data?
(b) Use exponential smoothing with α=0.4 to develop a forecast of demand for week 13. What is the resulting MSE?

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Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.