Question: Using simple exponential smoothing and the following time series data, respond to each of the items. table [ [ Period , Demand ] ,

Using simple exponential smoothing and the following time series data, respond to each of the items.
\table[[Period,Demand],[1,120],[2,148],[3,159],[4,153],[5,162],[6,166],[7,117],[8,142],[9,132],[10,131]]
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b. Compute all possible forecasts using a smoothing coefficient (a) of 0.3.(Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)
\table[[Period,Demand,\table[[Exponential],[Smooth]],Error,Absolute Error],[1,120,0.00,0.00,0.00],[2,148,120.0,,],[3,159,,,],[4,153,,,],[5,162,,,],[6,166,,,],[7,117,,,],[8,142,,,],[9,132,,,],[10,131,,,],[11,,,,0.0]]
c. Compute the MAD. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
MAD
d. What is the forecast demand for period 11?(Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Period 11 forecast
e. What is the error associated with period 11's forecast? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
 Using simple exponential smoothing and the following time series data, respond

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