The sales data (in units) of book store has been extracted for the three terms ove 3 years as follows; Term-1Term-2 Term-3 20204500 3,000 1,200 2021 6,000 4,200 2,400 20227,800 5,400 3,600 Required: Using multiplicative index, forecast sales for term-III (to the nearest 100) of the year 2023 given an annual sales forecast of 18,000

Walmart predicted the following end-of-year earnings from 2003 - 2012 in billions of dollars (9.5, 9.8, 10.2, 10.7, 10.5, 11.0, 12.1, 14.7, 16.3, 18.7). Their actual end-of- year earnings for the same years are as follows: 9.1, 9.2, 10.6, 10.3, 9.9, 10.4, 11.6, 11.8, 13.1, 22.7). In testing the claim that the mean predicted value is the same as the mean actual value, which p-value is correct? 0.228 0.456 0.779 0.05 4

The comparative income statement of Lawn Products, Inc. showed sales of $325,000 in 2004 and $494,450 in 2005. Compute the percentage of net change in sales. (Round answer to one decimal place.)

Assume the geometric mean of 6 profit growth ratios of a company is 1.2. What is the product of those ratios?

4. The following table provides the average price of Regular Grade of gasoline for 4 years. Use 2015 as the reference value, complete the table by calculating the price index for each year. Show all your calculation in the space provided. Date 2013 2014 2015 2016 Regular Grade Gasoline Prices Price $3.505 $3.358 $2.429 $2.143 Price Index

John Kittle, an independent insurance agent, uses a five-year moving average to forecast the number of claims made in a single year for one of the large insurance companies he sells for. He has just discovered that a clerk in his employ incorrectly entered the number of claims made four years ago as 1,400 when it should have been 1,200.a. What adjustment should Mr. Kittle make in next year’s forecast to take into account the corrected value of the number of claims four years ago?b. Suppose that Mr. Kittle used simple exponential smoothing with a = .2instead of moving averages to determine his forecast. What adjustment is now required in next year’s forecast? (Note that you do not need to know the value of the forecast for next year in order to solve this problem.)

Q7.What is the difference between 2019 FYA revenues and LTM revenues (2019 FYA minus LTM)? C "Reported" Year-to-date Revenues in Income Statement: • Q1 2019: $100.0m • Q2 2019: $250.0m • Q3 2019: $500.0m • Q4 2019: $800.0m • Q1 2020: $250.0m • Q2 2020: $400.0m A. +$125m B.-$150m C. +$75m O D.-$25m

A famous Chinese restaurant would like to find out the change in demand on its dim-sum. After checking its purchase records in 2020 and 2021, the restaurant collected the data as follows: 2020 2021 Items Price ($) Quantity Price ($) Quantity Shrimp Dumpling 10 60 12 69 Spring Roll 7 51 62 Chicken Feet 8 73 9 77 (a) Using 2020 as the base year, calculate the Laspeyres Price Index of 2021. (b) Using 2020 as the base year, calculate the Paasche Price Index of 2021. (c) Using the result in part (a) and (b), calculate the Fisher Price Index of 2021.

The "Dogs of the Dow" are the stocks listed on the Dow with the highest dividend yield. The following table shows the top 10 stocks of the "Dogs of the Dow" list for 2021, based on their performance the preceding year. Symbol Company Price ($) as of 12/31/2020 Yield as of 12/31/2020 CVX Chevron 84.45 6.11% IBM IBM 125.88 5.18% DOW Dow 55.50 5.05% WBA Walgreens 39.88 4.69% VZ Verizon 58.75 4.27% MMM 3M 174.79 3.36% CSCO Cisco 44.39 3.24% MRK Merck 81.80 3.18% AMGN Amgen 229.92 3.06% KO Coca-Cola 54.84 2.99% You decide to make a small portfolio consisting of a collection of 4 of the top 10 Dogs of the Dow. (a) How many portfolios are possible?   portfolios (b) How many of these portfolios contain DOW but not MMM?  portfolios (c) How many of these portfolios contain at most one stock priced above $100?  portfolios

In the middle of the year, the price of raw material decreased by 8%. How would this increase affect the company's break-even point and margin of safety? Increase Break-even point & Increase margin of safety Decrease Break-even point & Decrease margin of safety Decrease Break-even point & Increase margin of safety Increase Break-even point & Decrease margin of safety