A Bakery Has Experienced a Slow and Steady Increase in Demand

question 17

Multiple Choice

A bakery has experienced a slow and steady increase in demand for its products. The bakery is most likely experiencing which time series demand component?

• A) Trend
• B) Seasonality
• C) Cyclical
• D) Random variation

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