Recent Past Demand for Product ZXT Is Given in the Following

question 31

Essay

Recent past demand for product ZXT is given in the following table.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Month } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Actual } \\\text { Demand }\end{array} \\\hline \text { February } & 20 \\\hline \text { March } & 22 \\\hline \text { April } & 33 \\\hline \text { May } & 35 \\\hline \text { June } & 31 \\\hline \text { July } & 48 \\\hline \text { August } & 41 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Base on a three-month weighted moving average with weights w1 = .1, w2 = .4, and w3 = .5 (most recent), determine the forecasted demand for August and September. What is the forecast error in August?

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