Exhibit 11.22 The Following Questions Use the Data Below

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Essay

Exhibit 11.22
The following questions use the data below.
A store wants to predict quarterly sales. The owner has collected 3 years of sales data and wants your help in analyzing the data. He wants to use regression and a linear trend model.
-Refer to Exhibit 11.22. What is the forecast for time period 13?

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Definitions:

External Cost

A cost borne by someone who does not participate in the transaction or decision that led to the cost, often associated with negative externalities.

Total Surplus

The sum of consumer and producer surplus in a market, indicating the overall economic benefit to society from market transactions.

Socially Efficient

An economic condition where the allocation of resources maximizes social welfare, often where marginal cost meets marginal benefit.

Negative Externalities

Costs that are suffered by a third party as a result of an economic transaction or activity, for which they are not compensated.