Please and thank youuuu You are a junior analyst at Activision Blizzard Inc., the publisher of the Call of Duty franchise of video games. It is November 1, 2012and the company is poised to release the next version: Call of Duty Black Ops II. The VP of marketing has asked you to produce aforecast of sales for 2013 using the historic sales growth of the whole franchise. The table below provides total sales for each versionof the game. If first year's sales (for 2012) are expected to be 28 million, then what is your forecast for 2013?A History of Sales for theCall of Duty FranchiseGame TitleRelease Date Total Sales (millions of units)Finest HourNov, 20044.50Call of Duty 2Nov, 20055.89Call of Duty 3Nov, 20067.15Modern WarfareNov, 200715.73World at WarNov, 200815.98Modern Warfare 2Nov, 200922.69Black OpsNov, 201026.21Modern Warfare 3Nov, 201126.50

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