There Are Two Types of Used Cars, High Quality and Low

question 17

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There are two types of used cars, high quality and low quality.Buyers cannot distinguish the two types until after they have purchased them.Owners of high-quality cars will sell them if the price is $2,000 or higher.Owners of low-quality cars will sell them if the price is $1,000 or higher.Buyers value a high-quality used car at $3,466 and a low-quality used car at $1,200.Suppose that 30% of used cars are of high quality and 70% of used cars are of low quality.In equilibrium,

• A)all used cars will be sold.
• B)only low-quality used cars will be sold.
• C)no used cars will be sold.
• D)only high-quality used cars will be sold.
• E)high-quality used cars will sell for a uniformly higher price than low-quality used cars.

Understand the concept of a time series and identify its four components: long-term trend, cyclical variation, seasonal variation, and random variation.

Apply exponential smoothing techniques to forecast future values of a time series.

Identify the effects of different smoothing constants on time series forecasts and the speed of reaction to changes in data trends.

Conduct a moving average analysis to smooth time series data and identify patterns.

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