Q. No.2. If ABC Corporation has following historical data about sales volume: (Marks 1+2+2= 05) Years Sales Years Sales Years Sales Years Sales
2001 110 2006 99 2011 100 2016 110
2002 112 2007 101 2012 104 2017 111
2003 122 2008 95 2013 108 2018 109
2004 111 2009 98 2014 102 2019 114
2005 104 2010 96 2015 115 2020 112
Note: All the sale values are in thousands.
Required:
a) Which type of forecasting approach is suitable for this type of data?
b) Which forecasting technique is best to employ in order to forecast the above data? And also define the suggested technique.
c) Calculate the predicted values by employing the discussed technique in part (b) on the above data.

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answer; whoever is willing and able to pay the price;

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.