The Following Table Shows the Sales for a Plastics Manufacturer

question 63

Essay

The following table 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 is the deseasonalized sales value for quarter 1?

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Definitions:

Biological Clock

An internal mechanism in organisms that regulates biological rhythms and cycles, such as sleep-wake cycles, often in response to environmental cues.

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain responsible for producing hormones that regulate essential bodily functions, including temperature, hunger, and sleep.

Thalamus

The thalamus is a structure within the brain that serves as a relay station, processing and transmitting information from the senses to the appropriate areas of the brain.

Amygdala

An almond-shaped part of the brain involved in processing emotions, fear responses, and memory of emotional events.