Xavier buys a computer for $525, which includes taxes. he pays for the computer over a 12-month period by paying $48.13 per month. which statement about xavier’s purchase is most likely true?

He used a credit card to make the purchase and paid an additional $52.56 in interest.

Explanation:

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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