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TABLE 16-5 \"The number of passengers arriving at San Francisco on the Amtrak cr

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Question

TABLE 16-5

"The number of passengers arriving at San Francisco on the Amtrak cross-country express on 6 successive Mondays were: 60, 72, 96, 84, 36, and 48."


20.Referring to Table 16-5, the number of arrivals will be exponentially smoothed with a smoothing constant of 0.25. The smoothed value for the third Monday will be ________.

21.Referring to Table 16-5, the number of arrivals will be exponentially smoothed with a smoothing constant of 0.25. The forecast of the number of arrivals on the seventh Monday will be ________. (Round to the nearest one decimal place if needed)

Explanation / Answer

given they are exponentially smoothed

given smoothing constant = 0.25

hence

20. 71.25

21. 60.6