An increase in the number of fast-food restaurants .
a. raises the price of fast-food meals.
b. increases the demand for fast-food meals.
c. increases the supply of fast-food meals.
d. increases the demand for substitutes for fast-food meals.
e. increases both the demand and supply of fast-food meals.

Explanation:

C. increases the supply of fast-food meals.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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