TABLE 16-3 the Following Table Contains the Number of Complaints Received in Received

question 123

Multiple Choice

TABLE 16-3
The following table contains the number of complaints received in a department store for the first 6 months of last year.

-Referring to Table 16-3, if this series is smoothed using exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 1/3, what would be the first value?

• A) 36
• B) 39
• C) 42
• D) 45

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