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

question 146

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,what would be the second value?

• A)39
• B)42
• C)45
• D)53

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