Q. No.2. If ABC Corporation has following historical data about sales volume: (Marks 1+2+2= 05) Years Sales Years Sales Years Sales Years Sales
2001 110 2006 99 2011 100 2016 110
2002 112 2007 101 2012 104 2017 111
2003 122 2008 95 2013 108 2018 109
2004 111 2009 98 2014 102 2019 114
2005 104 2010 96 2015 115 2020 112
Note: All the sale values are in thousands.
Required:
a) Which type of forecasting approach is suitable for this type of data?
b) Which forecasting technique is best to employ in order to forecast the above data? And also define the suggested technique.
c) Calculate the predicted values by employing the discussed technique in part (b) on the above data.

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