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Moving Average Solution
Below are the closing prices for Google, from oldest to the most recent.
1. Calculate a 5 day moving average and 5 day weighted moving average.
2. Plot the raw data, and both your moving averages on a line graph to compare.

Day Closing price 5 Day MA 5 Day WMA


1 609.07 Clos
2 613.5 650.00
3 616.44
640.00
4 614.21
5 616.01 613.85 614.82 630.00
6 616.87 615.41 615.83
620.00
7 616.69 616.04 616.25
8 624.18 617.59 618.97 610.00

9 639.63 622.68 626.31


600.00
10 631.75 625.82 629.34
590.00
11 626.77 627.80 629.65
12 611.83 626.83 624.33 580.00
13 611.08 624.21 619.08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14 619.91 620.27 617.64
Closing pric
15 616.5 617.22 616.39
16 616.79 615.22 616.24
17 600.99 613.05 611.50
18 600.36 610.91 607.27
19 611.04 609.14 607.31
20 612 608.24 608.27
Closing Price of Google
650.00

640.00

630.00

620.00

610.00

600.00

590.00

580.00
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Closing price 5 Day MA 5 Day WMA

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