TABLE 16-6
the Number of Cases of Merlot Wine Sold

question 73

Short Answer

TABLE 16-6
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period follows.
$$\begin{array} { c c } \underline { \text { Year }} &\underline {\text { Cases of Wine }}\\ 1991 & 270 \\1992 & 356 \\1993 & 398 \\1994 & 456 \\1995 & 358 \\1996 & 500 \\1997 & 410 \\1998 & 376\end{array}$$

-Referring to Table 16-6, the Holt-Winters method for forecasting with smoothing constant of 0.2 for both level and trend will be used to smooth the wine sales. The smoothed values of the level and trend for 1998 are _____ and ____, respectively.

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