Question: Please help Analytics Exercise 3 - 0 3 ( Static ) Sebastian River Farms ( SRF ) is a wholesale nursery with approximately 3 0

Please help Analytics Exercise 3-03(Static)
Sebastian River Farms (SRF) is a wholesale nursery with approximately 300 acres on Floridas east coast near Vero Beach (U.S.A). The nursery grows over 75 different varieties of trees and shrubs. The farm has approximately 121,000 trees. About 31,000 are mature trees that are available for sale. The other 90,000 trees are growing, which can take from one to three years, depending on the type.
The company sells to over 200 landscaping and tree supply companies throughout Florida. Major customers are in Vero Beach, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Pierce, Jacksonville, and Sarasota. These customers order trees on an ongoing basis for their residential and commercial customer projects. During times when the weather is good, there is a steady stream of trucks which are loaded for delivery.
The sales team at SRF has observed that there is some seasonality to the demand for trees. Between January and May demand is usually strong. The hot summer months usually have slower demand. Hurricane season starts toward the end of August and runs through early October, which can result in major drops in demand when hurricanes hit the area. As soon as the threat of hurricane is over, demand picks up in the October, November, and December periods.
SRF has been experiencing steady growth over the past three years. The sales team expects this to continue over the next few years. The company is confident that they have enough trees that will mature in the next few years to accommodate this growth. For planning purposes, they would like to develop a forecast of sales for the next few years.
The sales team has collected the data shown in the following table. The table has sales in dollars for the past three full years, aggregated in three-month increments (which we refer to as quarters).
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