National Scan, Inc., sells radio frequency inventory tags. Monthly sales for a seven-month period were as follows: Month Sales (000)Units Feb. 15 Mar. 23 Apr. 12 May. 25 Jun. 19 Jul. 28 Aug. 26 b. Forecast September sales volume using each of the following: (1) A linear trend equation.(Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.) Yt thousands (2) A five-month moving average. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Moving average thousands (3) Exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant equal to .20, assuming a March forecast of 14(000). (Round your intermediate forecast values and final answer to 2 decimal places) Forecast thousands (4) The naive approach. Naive approach thousands (5) A weighted average using .45 for August, .20 for July, and .35 for June. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Weighted average thousands

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.