In: Statistics and Probability
| Number of U.S. New Car Dealerships, 2003–2009  | 
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| Year | Dealerships | 
| 2003 | 21,725 | 
| 2004 | 21,650 | 
| 2005 | 21,640 | 
| 2006 | 21,495 | 
| 2007 | 20,770 | 
| 2008 | 20,010 | 
| 2009 | 18,460 | 
| (a) | 
 Use Excel, MegaStat, or MINITAB to fit three trends (linear, quadratic, exponential) to the time series. (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round the intermediate calculations.Round your final answers to 4 decimal places.)  | 
FILL IN "_____" IN LINEAR AND QUADRATIC
| Linear | yt = -498.035t + ____ | 
| Quadratic | yt = -146.25t2 + 671.96t + _____ | 
| Exponential | yt = 22934e -.025t | 
| (b-1) | Use each of the three fitted trend equations to make numerical forecasts for the next 3 years. (Do not round the intermediate calculations.Round your final answers to 1 decimal place.) | 
FILL IN EXPONENTIAL
| t | Linear | Quadratic | Exponential | 
| 8 | 18829.3 | 17074.3 | |
| 9 | 18331.3 | 15260.0 | |
| 10 | 17833.2 | 13153.2 | |
Lets do it in excel ,





so the regression equation for linear is Y = 22813.57 - 498.035*Time
simillarly we fit the equation for quadratic and exponential
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the equation is Y = exp(-2.976) + 21558.55
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