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bachelor in business administration
Polytechnic State University Sanluis
Jan-2006 - Nov-2010
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Polytechnic State University
Jan-2012 - Nov-2016
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Harvard Square Academy (HS2)
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After a somewhat uncertain start, e-commerce sales in the United States have been growing for the past several years. Shown below are quarterly e-commerce sales figures ($ billions) released by the Census Bureau for the United States over a three-year period. Use these data to determine the equation of a trend line fore-commerce sales during this time and use the trend “model” to forecast e-commerce sales for the third quarter of the year 2010.
|
Year |
Quarter |
Sales ($ billions) |
|
2006 |
1 |
11.93 |
|
|
2 |
12.46 |
|
|
3 |
13.28 |
|
|
4 |
15.08 |
|
2007 |
1 |
16.08 |
|
|
2 |
16.82 |
|
|
3 |
17.60 |
|
|
4 |
18.66 |
|
2008 |
1 |
19.73 |
|
|
2 |
21.11 |
|
|
3 |
22.21 |
|
|
4 |
22.94 |
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