Question: 3. a) Using the data given in Question 2, forecast the sales of NationalTires tire repair product for the month 11 using linear trend projection

3. a) Using the data given in Question 2, forecast the sales of NationalTires tire repair product for the month 11 using linear trend projection forecast using the least squares method.

b) What is the resulting MAE, MSE and MAPE values?

c) Compare moving average forecast with trend projection forecast. Which method is better? Why?

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(QUESTION 2 DETAILS GIVEN BELOW)

The sale of NationalTires tire repair product for the past 10 months is as shown below. If NationalTire uses 3- month moving average to forecast sales:

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Sales 175 178 179 178 179 181 183 190 195 194

a) What are the forecasts for months 4-11?

b) What is the resulting MAE, MSE and MAPE values?

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