Given the set of numbers

y1 , y2 , y3 ,K
We define a moving average of order N to be the sequence of arithmetic means:
y1 + y2 + L + yn y2 + y3 + L + yn +1 y3 + y4 + L + yn + 2
, ,
n n n
The sum in the numerators of the sequence is called totals of order n.
e.g:
Given the numbers 2,6,1,5,3,7 & 2 a moving average of order 3 is given by the sequence
2 + 6 +1 6 +1+ 5 1+ 5 + 3 5 + 3 + 7 3 + 7 + 2
, , , , = 3,4,3,5,4
2 3 3 3 3
It is customary to locate each number in the moving average at its appropriate position
relative to the original data.