The following table shows the actual demand observed over the last 11​ years: Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Demand 8 9 5 9 13 7 11 12 9 9 8
Using exponential smoothing with ​= .50 and a forecast for year 1 of 7.0​, provide the forecast from periods 2 through 12 ​(round your responses to one decimal​ place).

Fern corporation manufacturers a single product that has a selling price of $20.00 per unit. fixed expenses total $48,000 per year, and the company must sell 6,000 units to break even. if the company has a target profit of $14,000, sales in units must be:

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

At a small store, a customer enters the front door on average every 8 minutes. a prior study indicated that the time between customers entering the front door during weekdays follows an exponential distribution. what is the probability that the time between customers entering the store on a weekday will be less than or equal to 7? select one: a. 62 b. 43 c. 1/8 d. 7/8 e. 58