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The table named Sales to the right, shows the sales of a supermarket (in thousand dollars) in the last 12 months. Note: to facilitate answering

The table named "Sales" to the right, shows the sales of a supermarket (in thousand dollars) in the last 12 months.

Note: to facilitate answering the questions in the next two sheets, use Excel Data Analysis Tool Pack (except for questions 1b and 2d).

Sales
Month Sales
1 125
2 141
3 125
4 123
5 126
6 145
7 147
8 162
9 155
10 158
11 147
12 159

a) Develop the 2-months and 3-months moving averages for the supermarket sales.

Note: use data analysis tool pack.

b) Which moving average appears to provide more accurate forecasts based on MAD? Explain.

Note: show your MAD calculations.

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