Auntie Mary sells her home for $200,000, which is then invested to earn 5 percent annually. If her life expectancy is ten years, what is the maximum amount she can annually spend on a nursing home, doctors, and taxes. If the return were to double to 10 percent, will the amount she may spend each year more than double?

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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.