Question # 9 provides us with information regarding the number of pints of type A blood used at Damascus Hospital over a period of 6 weeks. The table provided is as follow:

Week of	Pints used
August 31	345
September 7	370
September 14	412
September 21	378
September 28	368
October 5	378

A. To find the forecast demand for the next week, the week of October 12th , using a 3 week moving average.

The forecast for October 12 is : ???

B. To find the forcast demand for the week of October 12th, using the 3 week weighted moving average with weights if .10, .25, .65,:

The forecast for October 12 using the 3-week weighted formula is : ???

C. Is asking that exponential smoothing is used to develop the forecast for the weeks with the known demand of .25, and forecast for the week of October 12th.

The first three weeks are provided

Week of	Actual Pint Used	Previous Forecast
8/31	345	345
9/7	370	345
9/14	412	351.25

Ithe forecast for 10/12 is:???