Solve for B.) Show work.

Data collected on the yearly registrations for a Six Sigma seminar at the Quality College are shown in the following table: Year Registrations (000) 1 5.00 2 6.00 3 4.00 4 4.00 5 11.00 6 8.00 7 7.00 8 11.00 9 11.00 10 11 12.00 17.00 a) Calculate the forecasted registrations for years 2 through 12 using exponential smoothing, with a smoothing constant (a) of 0.35 and a starting forecast of 5.00 for year 1 (round your responses to one decimal place): Year 1 Forecast (000) 1 5.00 2 5.00 3 5.4 4 4.9 5 4.6 6 6.8 7 7.2 8 7.1 9 8.5 10 9.4 11 10.3 12 12.6 b) Mean absolute deviation based on the forecast developed using the exponential smoothing method (with a smoothing constant (a) = 0.35 and a starting forecast of F1 = 5.00) is registrations (round your response to one decimal place)