Storrs Cycles has just started selling the new Cyclone mountain$$ bike, with monthly sales as shown in the table.

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Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Sales

Part $2$

$$a$)$ Based on the given monthly sales$$ data, it can be said that there is

not a strong

linear trend in sales over time.

Part $3$

$$b$)$ First,$$ co$-$owner Bob Day wants to forecast by exponential smoothing by initially setting$$ February's forecast equal to$$ January's sales with $=.$ Using the forecasting$$ method, Bob's forecast for the month of May is $($round your response to two decimal$$ places$)$:

Month

Sales

Forecast

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

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