Suppose a firm has had the following historic sales figures. Year: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sales $3,100,000 $3,350,000 $3,000,000 $3,600,000 $3,200,000 What would be the forecast for next year’s sales using the naïve approach?

Suppose a firm has had the following historic sales figures. Year: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sales $3,100,000 $3,350,000 $3,000,000 $3,600,000 $3,200,000 What would be the forecast for next year’s sales using the naïve approach?

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Year:	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Sales	$3,100,000	$3,350,000	$3,000,000	$3,600,000	$3,200,000

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