Question: Use the data in the attached Excel file. Do the following: 1. Calculate the seasonal relatives for each quarter. 2. Using the seasonal relatives, deseasonalize

Use the data in the attached Excel file. Do the following:

1. Calculate the seasonal relatives for each quarter. 2. Using the seasonal relatives, deseasonalize the sales data. 3. Find a linear trend forecast for the deseasonalized data. Forecast for periods 1-8 as well as 9 and 10. 4. Adjust the linear trend forecast (using the seasonalize relatives) to get the final forecasted data. Do this for the historical data (periods 1-8) as well as periods 9 and 10. 5. Finally, calculate MAD and MAPE.

Period Quarter Sales (Dollars)
1 1 $210,563
2 2 $251,456
3 3 $264,123
4 4 $271,895
5 1 $289,652
6 2 $267,441
7 3 $278,952
8 4 $280,178

plz show work in cells, thanks :)

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