Question: Drew is a demand analyst at the Ruby Memorial Hospital and has collected data for a commonly used surgical instrument. However, Drews dog ate the

Drew is a demand analyst at the Ruby Memorial Hospital and has collected data for a commonly used surgical instrument. However, Drews dog ate the work, and Drew needs to do some quick calculations to fill in some details for a presentation to Dr. Paine (the boss) in the next ten minutes (Assume one period ahead forecasts).

Year Month Demand

2022 Sep 367

2022 Oct 198

2022 Nov 227

2022 Dec 192

2023 Jan 334

2023 Feb 389

2023 Mar 277

2023 Apr 348

2023 May 356

2023 Jun 346

2023 Jul 301

2023 Aug 279

Help poor Drew to calculate a regular moving average forecast (N=4) for September 2023; assume we forecast one period ahead, i.e., if we want to forecast demand at the time "t+1", we are standing at period "t". Use one decimal digit in your final answer.

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