The demand for electric power at N.Y. Edison over the period 1999 to 2005 is shown the following table in megawatts. Forecast 2006 the demand by fitting a straight-line trends to these date. Years Time period (x) Electrical power Demand (y) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 74 79 80 90 105 142 122 a) Find the least squares trend equation for the above data. b) Project demand in 2006 as X=8
Let ,
Forecasted demand = Y
Period = X
And , the linear regression equation using least square method is :
Y = a + b.X
a, b are constant
We now place all the values of Period and demand as presented above in excel and apply the formula LINEST ( ) . Accordingly , we obtain following values of a and b :
A = 56.714
B = 10.535
Therefore ,
Y = 56.714 + 10.535.X
Therefore project demand in 2006 ( i.e. for X = 8 )
= 56.714 + 10.535 X 8
= 56.714 + 84.28
= 140.994 ( 141 ROUNDED TO NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER )
LEAST SQUARE TREND EQUATION : Y = 56.714 + 10.535.X |
PROJECT DEMAND IN 2006 = 141 |
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