The manager of the petroco service station wants to forecast the demand for unleaded gasoline next month so that the proper number of gallons can be ordered from the distributor. the owner has accumulated the following data on demand for unleaded gasoline from sales during the past 10 months: month gasoline demanded (gal.)october 800november 725december 600january 500february 625march 690april 810may 935june 1,200july 1,100
a. compute an exponentially smoothed forecast, using an ? value of 0.30.b. compute the mapd.

c. compare the two forecasts using mapd and indicate which seems to be the most accurate.

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.