My App is a small but growing start-up that sees demand for several of its apps increasing quickly. The table below shows the last six months of downloads. Use a forecast for the first month of 210,000, an initial trend forecast of 50,000, and smoothing parameters of 0.30 for both demand smoothing and trend smoothing. Month (t) Monthly Application Downloads Forecast for Next Month 210,000.00 Trend 50.000 .00

Student Loans Data for selected years from 2011and projected to 2023 can be used to show that thebalance of federal direct student loans y, in billions ofdollars, is related to the number of years after 2010,x, by the function y = 130.7x + 699.7.a. Graph the function for x-values corresponding2010 to 2025.b. Find the value of y when x is 13.c. What does this function predict the balance offederal direct student loans will be in 2029?(Source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget)

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The consumption function captures one of the key relationships in economics. It expresses consumption as a function of disposal income, where disposable income is income after taxes. The attached file “Quiz_dataset2” shows data of average US annual consumption (in $) and disposable income (in $) for the years 2000 to 2016.  What is the predicted consumption if the disposable income is $30,000?  Select one: a. 2365.7 b. None of the above  c. 32645.9 d. 2365.6

Plot the sales revenue figures and appropriate trend line on a graph and identify from this the choice of model for working out the seasonal component. Using the appropriate seasonal model, complete the calculations that are required to produce the required forecasts for quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 2021. On the basis of your analysis explain the recommendation that you would make to ALAW Ltd regarding its future plans.

An economist at Nedbank ran a study of the relationship between FTSE/JSE All Shares index return (JALSH) and consumer price index (CPI) from 2006 to 2017, the data collected is shown in the Table 1 below.  FTSE/JSE All Shares index return (JALSH) and consumer price index (CPI) from 2006 to 2017.    Year     JALSH (Y)     CPI (X)       2006     0.41     4.7       2007     0.19     7.1       2008     -0.23     11.5       2009     0.32     7.1       2010     0.19     4.3       2011     0.03     5.0       2012     0.27     5.6       2013     0.21     5.7       2014     0.11     6.1       2015     0.05     4.6       2016     0.00     6.4       2017     0.21     5.3       The estimated regression…