Felix & Company reports the following information. Period Units Produced 0 460 860 1,260 1,660 2,060 2,460 1234567899 2,860 3,260 3,660 Cost equation = Total Costs $ 4,560 3,860 4,260 4,860 3,960 4,160 8,660 16,060 4,860 10,782 Use spreadsheet software to use ordinary least-squares regression to estimate the cost equation, including fixed and variable cost amounts. per unit

4) A small manufacturing firm has recorded a time series of the cost per unit for the firm's leading product over the past eight years. Year Cost/Unit($) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 24.5 28.2 27.5 26.6 30 31 36 a) If you are not given a base value or trend, what would be the forecast for the year 10 made at the end of year 8 (a=0.2, ß=0.4). b) Forecast for the year 9 using 1) 5-month weighted average using 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.3, with the heaviest weight applied to the recent month 2) Exponential smoothing using a =0.2 and forecast of 21 for year 5 3) If a value was not provided in the question above, what value of a would you choose?

Here are the data for the past 21 months for actual sales of a particular product: LAST YEAR THIS YEAR January 315 February 418 March 390 April 430 May 400 [ June 480 July 430 August 320 September 385 October 530 November 592 555 December 300 400 350 460 390 395 355 245 340 Develop a forecast for the fourth quarter using a three-quarter, weighted moving average. Weight the most recent quarter 0.50, the second most recent 0.25, and the third 0.25. Do the problem using quarters, as opposed to forecasting separate months. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Forecast for the fourth quarter

Consider the following from an estate agent business: Month       Houses Sold Jan               380  Feb              360 Mar              390 Apr              400 May             390 June            380 July             394 Aug             454 Sep             460 Oct             460 Nov            430 Dec            370   a) Calculate the three point moving averages (quarters) and seasonal variation for the above data b) A detective figures he has a one in nine chance of recovering stolen property. His out-of-pocket expenses for the investigation are $9,000. If he is paid his fee only if he recovers the stolen property, what should he charge clients in order to breakeven? c) At the races, your horse, has a probability of 1/20 of coming 151, 1/10 of coming 2nd and a probability of ¼ in coming 3rd. First place pays $4,500 to the winner, second place $3,500 and third place $1,500. Hence, is it worth entering the race if it costs $1,000? d) Your company plans to invest in a particular…