Fitting a Linear Trend to 36 Monthly Data Points (January

question 48

Multiple Choice

Fitting a linear trend to 36 monthly data points (January 2017 = 1, February 2017 = 2, March 2017 = 3, etc.) produced the following tables: The projected trend value for January 2020 is ___.

• A)544.29
• B)868.61
• C)652.39
• D)760.50
• E)876.90

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