This document provides instructions for forecasting time series data using simple moving averages, exponential smoothing, and linear trend methods. It asks the reader to: 1) Develop forecasts using 5 and 7 period simple moving averages and exponential smoothing with alphas of 0.4, 0.58, and 0.8. 2) Develop linear trend forecasts and compute error metrics like MSE, MFE, and MAE for the last 10 periods. 3) Plot the results on a separate chart, scaling the axes appropriately for comparison.