Savings-Mart (a chain of discount department stores) sells patio and lawn furniture. Sales are seasonal, with higher sales during the spring and summer quarters and lower sales during the fall and winter quarters. The company developed the following quarterly sales
where
Forecast Savings-Marts sales of patio and lawn furniture for each quarter of 2010.
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