As a consultant, you have been thinking about choosing the "right" alpha (smoothing constant) for forecasting using exponential smoothing. Which of the following is most accurate about alpha?

A. If alpha is high, speed of reaction to changes in actually low. B.If a firm produces standard product with relatively stable demand, alpha should be small. C.Products experiencing growth should be assigned higher alpha value. D. Alpha could be more than 1.0, and in this case (1-alpha) will become negative to make up for it. E. B and C

Look at this check register. calculate the current balance. check date transaction (+) deposit balance 5/1 5/3 $82.92 debit 8.00 78.24 005 monthly fee phone bill paycheck 1 125.00 5/15 5/17 5/20 atm 40.00 56.50 006 t ennis lessons the current balance is?

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

By 2020, automobile market analysts expect that the demand for electric autos will increase as buyers become more familiar with the technology. however, the costs of producing electric autos may increase because of higher costs for inputs (e.g., rare earth elements), or they may decrease as the manufacturers learn better assembly methods (i.e., learning by doing). what is the expected impact of these changes on the equilibrium price and quantity for electric autos?