Mop and Broom Manufacturing has tracked the number of units sold of their most popular mop over the past twenty-four months. This is shown.

Develop a linear trend line for the data. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01.) Sales = ______________ + ________________ (month)
Compute a correlation coefficient for the data and evaluate the strength of the linear relationship.(Round your answer to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01.) Correlation coefficient is . It indicates a strong, positive a or moderate, positive or no linear relationship. (Use not rounded amounts to answer this question.) Using the linear trend line equation, develop a forecast for the next period, month 25. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01. Do not round intermediate results used to achieve this answer.) Forecast for month 25.

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Month Sales MonthSales Month Sales 232 252 10 262 11 266 12 275 274 14 395 15 310 16 310 17 336 18 343 19 357 20 355 21 361 22 375 23 351 24 372 374 359 384 398 388 411 418 4 13