The normal balance of an account: a. falls on the side where decreases are recorded. b. falls on the side where increases are recorded. c. cannot be computed in a manual accounting system. d. must be computed after every transaction.

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.