Given the following actual demand data, prepare a forecast for period 6 using each of the following approaches: Period Actual Demand 1 60 222 65 3 55 4 58 5 64 a. three-period simple moving average b. weighted moving average using weights of 0.50 (most recent observation), 0.30, and 0.20. c. simple exponential smoothing assuming F2 = 60 and α = 0.40.

On january 2, 2018, bering co. disposes of a machine costing $34,100 with accumulated depreciation of $18,369. prepare the entries to record the disposal under each of the following separate assumptions. exercise 8-24a part 2 2. the machine is traded in for a newer machine having a $50,600 cash price. a $16,238 trade-in allowance is received, and the balance is paid in cash. assume the asset exchange has commercial substance.