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Photo Equipment Store Earnings
the Quarterly Earnings of a Chain

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Photo Equipment Store Earnings
The quarterly earnings of a chain of Photo Equipment stores have been recorded for the years 2011-2014.These data (in millions of dollars)are shown in the accompanying table.
 Year  Quarter 2011201220132014165707379280889095398103107111467747680\begin{array}{l}\text { Year }\\\begin{array} { | c | c c c c | } \hline \text { Quarter } & 2011 & 2012 & 2013 & 2014 \\\hline 1 & 65 & 70 & 73 & 79 \\2 & 80 & 88 & 90 & 95 \\3 & 98 & 103 & 107 & 111 \\4 & 67 & 74 & 76 & 80 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
-Regression analysis was used to develop the following equation from 60 observations of quarterly data: y~t\tilde { y } _ { t } = 2500 - 3t - 3Q1 + 2Q2 + 5Q3,where Qi={1 if quarter i(i=1,2,3)0 otherwise Q _ { i } = \left\{ \begin{array} { l } 1 \text { if quarter } i \quad ( i = 1,2,3 ) \\0 \text { otherwise }\end{array} \right. Forecast the next four quarters.

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