Aspecial order has been received by farnsworth for a sale of 2,600 televisions to an overseas customer. the only selling costs that would be incurred on this order would be $11 per television for shipping. farnsworth is now selling 7,600 televisions through regular distributors each period. what should be the minimum selling price per television in negotiating a price for this special order? $270 $128 $140 $139

there was no passage listed but using the process of elimination i'd say it was d. the high economy would do the opposite. i don't see how low prices would affect it. high unemployment is possible but i feel d is the better answer.

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.