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

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TABLE 16-4
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period follows.
-Referring to Table 16-4, exponential smoothing with a weight or smoothing constant of 0.2 will be used to forecast wine sales. The forecast for 2011 is ________.

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