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Mop and Broom Manufacturing has tracked the number of units sold of their most popular mop over the past 24 months. This is shown.

Month	Sales	Month	Sales	Month	Sales
1	246	9	316	17	370
2	242	10	342	18	371
3	264	11	342	19	366
4	256	12	360	20	388
5	269	13	345	21	384
6	272	14	358	22	398
7	387	15	379	23	399
8	308	16	365	24	406

1. Develop a linear trend line for the data. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g.,25.28.) Sales = ______________ + ______________________ (month)
2. Compute a correlation coefficient for the data and evaluate the strength of the linear relationship. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01.) Correlation coefficient is __________________ . It indicates ___________ linear relationship. (Use not rounded amounts to answer this question.)

• Using the linear trend line equation, develop a forecast for the next period,month 25. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, the tolerance is +/-0.01. Do not round intermediate results used to achieve this answer.) Forecast for month 25 = __________________________________