FC.51 Madison Memorial Hospital is considering purchasing a new ambulance. The decision will rest partly on the anticipated mileage to be driven next year. The miles driven during the past eight years are as follows:Year Miles Driven2008 3,1092009 1,1122010 3,2602011 3,0522012 2,1502013 2,1602014 1,3512015 1,111Required:
a. Using a 3-year moving average, what would be the forecast for the miles to be driven in 2016? (Display your answer to the nearest whole number.)b. Using a 3-year weighted moving average (with last year's weight as 0.5, two years previous as 0.3 and three years previous as 0.2.) what is the forecast for 2016? (Display your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Banana computers has decided to procure processing chips required for its laptops from external suppliers instead of manufacturing them in their own facilities. how will this decision affect the firm? a. the firm will be protected against the principal-agent problem. b. the firm's administrative costs will be low because of necessary bureaucracy. c. the firm will have more flexibility in purchasing and comparing prices of goods and services. d. the firm will have high-powered incentives, such as hourly wages and salaries.