Use the Data Shown Below to Answer the Following Questions)

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Essay

Use the data shown below to answer the following questions).
The table below is the data set of the Shiller Real Home Price Index for the years 1946-1956. $$\begin{array} { | c | c| } \hline \text { Year } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Real Home Price } \\\text { Index }\end{array} \\\hline 1946 & 106.5058955 \\\hline 1947 & 109.3296707 \\\hline 1948 & 101.2225795 \\\hline 1949 & 100.0466076 \\\hline 1950 & 105.8948393 \\\hline 1951 & 103.8986687 \\\hline 1952 & 103.9743275 \\\hline 1953 & 114.7133093 \\\hline 1954 & 114.199126 \\\hline 1955 & 115.4621261 \\\hline 1956 & 115.3166155 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Setting k = 5, calculate the simple moving average forecast for the year 1951.

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Marginal Revenue

The supplementary earnings obtained through the sale of one more unit of any good or service.

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