The Table Below Shows the Sales for a Plastics Manufacturer

question 13

Multiple Choice

The table below shows the sales for a plastics manufacturer recorded over the past year. The seasonal indexes for each quarter are also provided) . To track the trend for these four quarters, use the indexes to deseasonalize the sales data) What are deseasonalized sales for quarter 3?

• A) 251.2
• B) 944.8
• C) 988.4
• D) 1147.2
• E) 1196.0

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Definitions:

Vincent Van Gogh

A post-impressionist painter from the Netherlands known for his vivid colors, emotional honesty, and bold brushwork, with works like "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers."

Pointillism

A system of painting devised by the 19th-century French painter Georges Seurat. The artist separates color into its component parts and then applies the component colors to the canvas in tiny dots (points). The image becomes comprehensible only from a distance, when the viewer’s eyes optically blend the pigment dots. Sometimes referred to as divisionism.

Painting Technique

The method or process used by an artist in the creation of a painting, including considerations of medium, brushwork, color application, and texture.

Georges Seurat

A French post-impressionist artist famous for developing the technique of pointillism, using tiny dots of color to create images.