Trends and Forecasting : Linear Regression and Exponential Smoothing
Explain the steps on how to solve the problem below:
1-	The following data summarizes the historical demand for a product
Month     	Actual demand
March          	20
April            	25
May             	40
June            	35
July             	30
August        	45
Use exponential smoothing with and the smoothed forecast for July is 32 and determine August and September's smoothed forecasts.
2- Robert has the following accounts on money spent on gambling and winnings:
Money spent  	Money won
1000              	2500
1200               4000
11800             4500
2000               4600
2500               5000
2800               4800
3500              	5600
4000              	6000
4200              	5800
7000                 	X
Using linear regression, predict x.