Use the data given below to answer the following question(s) .
The table below shows the car sales from the year 2002-2007.The forecaster assumes a smoothing constant of 0.8 and uses the exponential smoothing model to determine the forecast for the future.
-In the double exponential smoothing model F_t₊_k = a_t + b_tk,identify the value that signifies the slope.

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Use the data given below to answer the following question(s) .
The table below shows the car sales from the year 2002-2007.The forecaster assumes a smoothing constant of 0.8 and uses the exponential smoothing model to determine the forecast for the future.

-In the double exponential smoothing model F_t₊_k = a_t + b_tk,identify the value that signifies the slope.

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In the double exponential smoothing model F_t₊_k = a_t + b_tk, the term b_t represents the slope because it determines the rate of change of the forecast with respect to the level. The term k is the smoothing constant for the slope and does not directly signify the slope. Therefore, the correct choice is C, b_t.

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