Question: a . Develop a linear trend equation for the following data on demand for white bread loaves at a bakery ( use of Excel's Trendline,

a. Develop a linear trend equation for the following data on demand for white bread loaves at a bakery (use of Excel's Trendline, with Display Equation on Chart option, is recommended), and use it to forecast demand on day 16.
\table[[Day,Loaves,Day,Loaves,Day,Loaves],[1,200,6,232,11,281],[2,214,7,248,12,275],[3,211,8,250,13,280],[4,228,9,253,14,288],[5,235,10,267,15,310]]
b. The variations around the linear trend line seem to have above- and below-the-line runs. Therefore, use trend-adjusted exponential smoothing with =0.2 and =03 to model the bread demand. Use the first four days to estimate the smoothed initial trend that you use for periods 4 and 5(use the increase from day 1 to day 4 divided by 3). Also, use A4 to estimate S4. Start forecasting day 5. What is the forecast for day 16?
 a. Develop a linear trend equation for the following data on

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