The busiest time of the day at the Taco Town fast-food restaurant is between 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Taco Town€™s service is very labor-dependent, and a critical factor for providing quick service is the number of employees on hand during this three hour period. In order to determine the number of employees it needs during each hour of the three-hour lunch period Taco Town requires an accurate forecasting model. Following are the number of customers served at Taco Town during each hour of the lunch period for the past 20 weekdays.

Develop a forecast model that you believe will best forecast Taco Town€™s customer demand for the next day and explain why you selected thismodel.

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Hour Day 11-12 12-1 12 Day 11-12 12- 1-2 190 5 871 5 4106 2 76 93 12 68125 95 3 87 1 99 13 75 206 102 83 149 781 14 ¾ 117 118 5 7156 83 5 103 145 122 6 94 78 89 16 67121 93 56 101124|17 % 113 76 8 6 9 66 8 8 16694 9 73 146 19 79 124 8 10 101 104 96 20 81 118 115