TABLE 16-3 the Following Table Contains the Number of Complaints Received in Received

question 129

Multiple Choice

TABLE 16-3
The following table contains the number of complaints received in a department store for the first 6 months of last year.

-Referring to Table 16-3, if a three-month moving average is used to smooth this series, what would be the second calculated value?

• A) 36
• B) 40.5
• C) 54
• D) 72

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