SCENARIO 16-4 the Number of Cases of Merlot Wine Sold by a by a Paso

question 119

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 16-4
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period follows.
-Referring to Scenario 16-3,if this series is smoothed using exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 1/3,how many values would it have?

• A)3
• B)4
• C)5

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