After plotting demand for four periods, an emergency room manager has concluded that a trend-adjusted exponential smoothing model is appropriate to predict future demand. The initial estimate of trend is based on the net change of 30 for the three periods from 1 to 4, for an average of +10 units.

Period Actual Period Actual

1 209 6 264

2 228 7 263

3 225 8 285

4 239 9 294

5 251 10

Use ?=.5 and ?=.1, and TAF of 250 for period 5. Obtain forecasts for periods 6 through 10. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

t Period TAFt

6

7

8

9

10

Jansen company borrowed $12,000 on a 1-year, 5 percent note payable from the local bank on april 1. interest was paid quarterly, and the note was repaid one year from the time the money was borrowed. calculate the amount of cash payments jansen was required to make in each of the two calendar years that were affected by the note payable.

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

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