Given an Actual Latest Demand of 59, a Previous Forecast

question 37

Multiple Choice

Given an actual latest demand of 59, a previous forecast of 64, and α = 0.3, what would be the forecast for the next period using the exponential smoothing method?

• A) 36.9
• B) 57.5
• C) 60.5
• D) 62.5
• E) 65.5

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