Quarter	Revenue
2013-Q1	16.07
2013-Q2	15.704
2013-Q3	17.092
2013-Q4	25.586
2014-Q1	19.741
2014-Q2	19.34
2014-Q3	20.579
2014-Q4	29.328
2015-Q1	22.717
2015-Q2	23.185
2015-Q3	25.358
2015-Q4	35.746
2016-Q1	25.128
2016-Q2	30.404
2016-Q3	32.714
2016-Q4	43.741
2017-Q1	35.714
2017-Q2	37.955
2017-Q3	43.744
2017-Q4	60.453
2018-Q1	51.042
2018-Q2	52.888
2018-Q3	55.576
2018-Q4	72.383

Amazon (Use data in Data folder on Blackboard) The data in Amazon are quarterly revenues (in $billions) for Amazon from 2013-Q1 through 2018-Q4. (Data extracted from ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/revenues.

1. Do you expect that the revenues for Amazon are subject to seasonal variation? Explain.

2. Plotthedata.Doesyourplotsupportyouranswerin(a)?

3. Develop an exponential trend forecasting equation with quarterly

   components.

4. Interpretthequarterlycompoundgrowthrate.

5. Interpret the quarterly multipliers ( , and ).!"#

6. What are the forecasts for all four quarters of 2019 and all four quarters of 2020?