Question: 1. What is the forecast for May using a four-month moving average? Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April 39 36 40 42 48 46 2.

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What is the forecast for May using a four-month moving average?

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April 39 36 40 42 48 46

2. Suppose that the demand in period 1 was 7 units and the demand in period 2 was 9 units. Assume that the forecast for period 1 was for 5 units. If the firm uses exponential smoothing with an alpha value of .20, what should be the forecast for period 3? (Round answers to two decimal places.)

3. The life of a specialized piece of audio equipment used by an entertainment company in major concerts is normally distributed with mean 60 hours and standard deviation 30 minutes. If 2.5% of such equipment last for more than T hours, find the value of T.

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What is the forecast for May based on a weighted moving average applied to the following past demand data and using the weights: 4, 3, 2?

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April 37 36 40 42 47 43

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