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The following table contains the demand from the last 10 months:

MONTH	ACTUAL DEMAND
1	36
2	35
3	36
4	39
5	41
6	40
7	41
8	43
9	40
10	40

a. Calculate the single exponential smoothing forecast for these data using an of 0.30 and an initial forecast ( F1₁ ) of 36.

Month	Exponential Smoothing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

b. Calculate the exponential smoothing with trend forecast for these data using an of 0.30, a of 0.20, an initial trend forecast ( T1₁ ) of 1.00, and an initial exponentially smoothed forecast ( F1₁ ) of 35.

Month	FITt
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

c-1. Calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) for the last nine months of forecasts.

Note: Round your intermediate calculations and answers to 2 decimal places.

	MAD
Single exponential smoothing forecast
Exponential smoothing with trend forecast