Zeus Computer Chips, Inc., used to have major contracts to produce the Centrino-type chips. The market...

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Zeus Computer Chips, Inc., used to have major contracts toproduce the Centrino-type chips. The market has been decliningduring the past three years because of the dual-core chips, whichit cannot produce, so Zeus has the unpleasant task of forecastingnext year. The task is unpleasant because the firm has not beenable to find replacement chips for its product lines. Here isdemand over the past 12 quarters:

   

TWO YEARSAGOUNITSLAST YEARUNITSTHIS YEARUNITS
I4,793I3,493I3,196
II3,493II2,693II2,097
III4,293III3,493III2,693
IV2,993IV2,393IV1,693

Use the decomposition technique to forecast demand for the nextfour quarters. (Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to 2 decimalplaces.)

    

Period           Forecast
          (Units)
I   
II   
III   
IV   

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