Exhibit 11.10 The Following Questions Use the Data Below

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 11.10
The following questions use the data below.
Joe's Sporting Goods wants to forecast quarterly sales figures using a quadratic trend model. The store has collected 12 quarters of data and needs your help to analyze the data. The relevant regression output is in the following table.
-Refer to Exhibit 11.10. What Excel command can be used in cells F4:F14 in lieu of a formula based on the regression statistics?

• A) =TREND($E$3:$E$14,$C$3:$C$14,C4)
• B) =TREND($E$3:$E$14,$C$3:$D$14,C4:D4)
• C) =TREND($E$3:$E$14,$C$3:$D$14,D4)
• D) =TREND($E$3:$E$14,$B$3:$D$14,B4:D4)

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