Question: Please answer both!!1 1) The absolute errors for a 6-week time span are shown as follows. Week Sales Abs. Error 1 100 2 2 130

Please answer both!!1

1) The absolute errors for a 6-week time span are shown as follows.

Week Sales Abs. Error
1 100 2
2 130 12
3 98 10
4 100 20
5 110 3
6 140 8

Calculate the MAPE over this 6-week time span.

2) The demand in period 1 was 8 units and the demand in period 2 was 9 units. Assume that the forecast for period 1 was for 6 units. If the firm uses exponential smoothing with an alpha value of 0.9, what should be the forecast for period 3?

Note: Round your final answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

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