Curaid Company wishes to forecast monthly sales for the upcoming year of its line of designer bandages, introduced two years ago and advertised using the slogan “What the best-dressed cuts are...

Curaid Company wishes to forecast monthly sales for the upcoming year of its line of designer bandages, introduced two years ago and advertised using the slogan

“What the best-dressed cuts are wearing.” Monthly sales (in gross) are as follows:

a. Graph this time series.

 b. Show statistically that a linear trend forecasting model is appropriate.

 c. Using a linear regression technique, forecast monthly sales for the next 12-month period (i.e., months 25-36)