Which overall message does this political cartoon convey? advertising on buses will raise money for schools. advertising on buses should be targeted toward school children. advertising on school buses could negatively affect children. advertising should only be done by the media?

The political cartoon referred to was by Jeff Parker, has been an editorial cartoonist for Florida Today since 1992. The overall message being conveyed by the referenced political cartoon is that advertising on school buses could have a negative affect on children.

Certain states in the U.S (e.g. New Jersey, Texas, Massachusetts among others) permit school districts to sell ad space on school buses in order to raise funds for school activities. Some have argued that these ads unfairly target young, impressionable consumers, and as such should be stopped.

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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