Exhibit 2-2 a Small Sporting Goods Company Is Considering Investing $2000 in $2000

Essay

Exhibit 2-2
A small sporting goods company is considering investing $2000 in a project at the start of year 1 that will produce volleyballs over the next five years. The company plans to produce and sell 200 volleyballs in the first year, and expects that volume to grow by 10% each year thereafter. The unit selling price forecast the company has developed is $20 in year 1, $22 in year 2, $25 in year 3, $28 in year 4, and $31.50 in year 5. Variable costs are forecast to be $15 per unit produced, and there will be a fixed overhead cost in each year of $500.  (Unless otherwise indicated, assume that all cash flows occur at the end of the year.)
-[Part 1] Refer to Exhibit 2-2.Use the graphing function in Excel to construct a scatterplot of forecasted price versus time,and fit a linear trendline to the data.What are the coefficients of the linear model,and what is the MAPE of a linear model forecast,compared to the company's forecast