Tucson Machinery, Inc., manufactures numerically controlled machines, which sell for an avelage pl these NCMS for the past two years were as follows: Use Exhibit 18.10. LAST YEAR QUANTITY (UNITS) 15 THIS YEAR QUANTITY QUARTER (UNITS) QUARTER 15 27 II III IV 21 29 19 II III 31 IV 15 a. Find the equation of a simple linear regression line using Excel. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Tucson Machinery, Inc., manufactures numerically controlled machines, which sell for an avelage pl these NCMS for the past two years were as follows: Use Exhibit 18.10. LAST YEAR QUANTITY (UNITS) 15 THIS YEAR QUANTITY QUARTER (UNITS) QUARTER 15 27 II III IV 21 29 19 II III 31 IV 15 a. Find the equation of a simple linear regression line using Excel. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Tucson Machinery, Inc., manufactures numerically controlled machines, which sell for an average price of $0.5 million each. Sales for
these NCMS for the past two years were as follows: Use Exhibit 18.10.
LAST YEAR
QUANTITY
QUARTER (UNITS)
THIS YEAR
QUANTITY
QUARTER (UNITS)
15
15
II
III
21
II
27
31
29
19
III
IV
IV
15
a. Find the equation of a simple linear regression line using Excel. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

Transcribed Image Text:b. Compute trend and seasonal factor from a linear regression line obtained with Excel. (Do not round intermediate calculations.
Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Period
Trend Forecast Seasonal Factors
Last Year
IV
This Year
%3D
IV
c. Forecast sales for next year using the above seasonal factors. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2
decimal places.)
Period
Forecast (Units)
Next Year
%3D
IV
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