When forecasting future sales based on the most recent years's total revenue growing at a revenue growth rate of of 21.85%, with the following years... Year 1 Sales = 209,098,000,000 Year 2 sales = 101,975,000,000 Year 3 sales = 187,879,000,000 Are you calculating it as Year 1 = 209,098 million x .2185 + 209,098,000,000 Year 2 = Year 1 sales answer x .2185 + 101,975,000,000 Year 3 = Year 2 sales answers x .2185 + 187,879,000,000

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When forecasting future sales based on the most recent years's total revenue growing at a revenue growth rate of of 21.85%, with the following years...

Year 1 Sales = 209,098,000,000

Year 2 sales = 101,975,000,000

Year 3 sales = 187,879,000,000

Are you calculating it as

Year 1 = 209,098 million x .2185 + 209,098,000,000

Year 2 = Year 1 sales answer x .2185 + 101,975,000,000

Year 3 = Year 2 sales answers x .2185 + 187,879,000,000

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To forecast future sales based on previous revenues would be done as:

As the sales/revenues of year 1 is given, then so as to forecast the year 2 sales on the basis of year 1,

Considering the growth rate to be 21.85%

year 2 (forecast sale)

209,098 million(1+.2185)=254,785.913 million

year 3 (forecast sale)

254,785.913 million(1.2185)=310,456.635 million

 

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