* Bell Landscape Company has the following historical earnings: Year Earnings $75, 400 2 65,200 3 87, 600 4 90, 500 5 53, 900 Which method of projecting earnings would appear most appropriate to estimate future benefits? Group of answer choices unweighted average method trend line-static method Gompertz curve method Weighted average method Using the data provided above in question 7 for Bell Landscape, estimate the future benefits, using the method you have selected in question 7: Group of answer choices 74,520 75, 700 73, 340 93, 150

* Bell Landscape Company has the following historical earnings: Year Earnings $75, 400 2 65,200 3 87, 600 4 90, 500 5 53, 900 Which method of projecting earnings would appear most appropriate to estimate future benefits? Group of answer choices unweighted average method trend line-static method Gompertz curve method Weighted average method Using the data provided above in question 7 for Bell Landscape, estimate the future benefits, using the method you have selected in question 7: Group of answer choices 74,520 75, 700 73, 340 93, 150

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