Question

The demand for a certain drug in a hospital has been increasing. For the past six months, the following demand has been observed:
Month Demand, Units
January 15
February 18
March 22
April 23
May 27
June 26
Use a three-month moving average to make a forecast for July.

Answer 1

Answer:

25.3

Explanation:

A moving average is often used to pinpoint the increase or decrease of a certain statistic over a certain period of time since the increase in the demand for this specific drug has been increasing constantly for the past 6 months we will take the past 3 months, April, May, and June, so we will have to add up 23+27+26=76, now we just have to divide by the number of months= 76/3=25.3, so the moving average for the increase in the forecast for July will be 25.3