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3. 5 year Simple Moving Average Example





1) 5 year Simple Moving Average
year123456789101112
Sales5.24.95.54.95.25.75.45.85.965.24.8
Calculate 5 year Simple Moving Average


Solution:
The value of table for `x` and `y`

x123456789101112
y5.24.95.54.95.25.75.45.85.965.24.8

Calculation of 5 year moving averages of the data
(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
5 year moving total
(4)
5 year moving average
`(3)-:5`
15.2
24.9
35.5`5.2+4.9+5.5+4.9+5.2=25.7``25.7-:5=5.14`
44.9`4.9+5.5+4.9+5.2+5.7=26.2``26.2-:5=5.24`
55.2`5.5+4.9+5.2+5.7+5.4=26.7``26.7-:5=5.34`
65.7`4.9+5.2+5.7+5.4+5.8=27``27-:5=5.4`
75.4`5.2+5.7+5.4+5.8+5.9=28``28-:5=5.6`
85.8`5.7+5.4+5.8+5.9+6=28.8``28.8-:5=5.76`
95.9`5.4+5.8+5.9+6+5.2=28.3``28.3-:5=5.66`
106`5.8+5.9+6+5.2+4.8=27.7``27.7-:5=5.54`
115.2
124.8








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