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Earn 100

Assuming a four yearly cycle, calculate the trend by the method of moving averages from the following data:

Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Value 12 25 39 54 70 87 105 100 82 65

Important Questions on Index Numbers and Moving Averages

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The profit of a soft drink firm (in thousands of rupees) during each month of the year is as given below:

Months

Profit (in thousands of Rupees)
January 3.6
February 4.3
March 4.3
April 3.4
May 4.4
June 5.4
July 3.4
August 2.4
September 3.4
October 1.8
November 0.8
December 1.2

Calculate the four monthly moving averages and plot these and the original data on a graph sheet.

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The number of road accidents in the city due to rash driving, over a period of 3 years, is given in the following table:

Year Jan-Mar April-June July-Sept. Oct-Dec.
2010 70 60 45 72
2011 79 56 46 84
2012 90 64 45 82

Calculate four quarterly moving averages and illustrate them and original figures on one graph using the same axes for both.

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Coded monthly sales figures of a particular brand of T.V. for 18 months commencing January 1, 2005 are as follows:

Year Jan. Feb. March April May June
2005 18 16 23 27 28 19
July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
31 29 35 27 28 24
2006 Jan. Feb. March April May June
24 28 29 30 29 22

Calculate six monthly moving averages and display these and the original figures on the same graph, using the same axes for both.

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The table shows the average prices (in ) of coffee, sugar and milk in 2009 and 2010, and the weights used to calculate the cost of making a cup of coffee:

 

Cost in 2009 (per kg)

Cost in 2010 (per kg)

Weights
Sugar 3 7 3
Milk 3 3.50 4
Coffee 90 120 2

Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the index number for the cost of a cup of coffee in 2010 using weighted price relatives.

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The table shows the average prices (in ) of coffee, sugar and milk in 2009 and 2010, and the weights used to calculate the cost of making a cup of coffee:

 

Cost in 2009 (per kg)

Cost in 2010 (per kg)

Weights
Sugar 3 7 3
Milk 3 3.50 4
Coffee 90 120 2

Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the index number for the cost of a cup of coffee in 2010 using weighted aggregates taking the index number for 2009 to be 100 in each case.

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From the following data, compute price index by applying weighted average of price relatives method using arithmetic mean up to one decimal place:

Commodity

p0()

q0

p1()
Sugar 9.00 20 kg 15.00
Flour 5.00 40 kg 10.00
Milk 6.00 10 lt 15.00
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Due to change in prices, the cost of living index for the working class in a city rose to 225 in April from 180 in March 2003. The index of food became 252 from 198, that of clothing from 185 to 205, that of fuel and lighting from 175 to 195 and that of miscellaneous from 138 to 212. The index of rent, however remained unchanged at 150. Find the weights of all the groups if the weights of clothing, fuel and lighting, and rent were the same.

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The following data relate to the pay of workers employed at a factory.

Types of worker

Rate of pay

(/hour)

Average number of hours worked per week

Number of workers employed
June November
Skilled 6.50 37 38.5 26
Semi-Skilled 5.10 38.5 39.5 14
Unskilled 3.50 40.5 40 42

Calculate a weighted aggregate index of average weekly pay for November (June=100), using the number of workers employed as a weighting factor.