Business at Noocekim’s Watch and Clock repair can be viewed as falling into three distinct seasons: (1) Christmas (November-December); (2) Father's Day (late May - mid-June); and (3) all other times. A review of the financials for this company show the following weekly sales (in $'s) during each of these three seasons during the past four years: Season Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 1 1950 2096 2354 2395 2 2114 2277 2423 2531 3 1035 1127 1161 1178 Using this data, determine a forecast for the average weekly sales in year 5 for each of the three seasons. Graph the actual sales and forecasted sales for both the seasonal and de-seasonal data. Please use excel for answering

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Business at Noocekim’s Watch and Clock repair can be viewed as falling into three distinct seasons:  (1) Christmas (November-December); (2) Father's Day (late May - mid-June); and (3) all other times.  A review of the financials for this company show the following weekly sales (in $'s) during each of these three seasons during the past four years:
Season
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
1
1950
2096
2354
2395
2
2114
2277
2423
2531
3
1035
1127
1161
1178


Using this data, determine a forecast for the average weekly sales in year 5 for each of the three seasons. Graph the actual sales and forecasted sales for both the seasonal and de-seasonal data. Please use excel for answering 
 
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