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Answer: 5000 units, which is the monthly change in the trend, e.g 171040-166040
Month: Sales Volume (See above): Trend:
01
02
03 166040
04 171040
05 176040
06 181040
07 ……
08
09
The question is in the Kaplan revision kit, question Nr. 225:
A company is preparing its forecast sales information for the end of the current year. The actual sales information for the first 9 months of the current year is below:
Sales volume (units)
172100
149600
165800
182600
160100
197100
174600
190800
207600
The sales volume trend is to be identified using a 5-month moving average. What is the monthly trend?
Is the monthly trend = change in the trend from month to month?
