Question: Part A) What is the approximate forecast for May using a four-month moving average? (Round off to the nearest whole number) Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

Part A) What is the approximate forecast for May using a four-month moving average? (Round off to the nearest whole number)

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April
39 36 31 42 48 49

Part B) What is the approximate forecast for May using a two-month weighted moving average? Use 4 and 2 for the weights of the most recent and the earlier months, respectively. (Round off to the nearest whole number)

Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April
39 36 44 42 48 41

Part C) Given an actual demand of 105, a previous demand forecast value of 100, and an alpha of 0.7, the exponential smoothing forecast for the next period would be (Round it to the nearest whole number)

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