A large Portland manufacturer wants to forecast demand for a piece of pollution-control equipment. A review of past sales

(At),

as shown below, indicates that an increasing trend is present.Smoothing constants are assigned the values of

=

0.20

and

=

0.4.

The firm assumes the initial forecast for month 1

(F1)

was

11.00

units and the trend over that period

T1

was

2.00

units.Using trend-adjusted exponential smoothing, Forecasts

(Ft),

Trend

(Tt),

and Forecasts Including Trend

(FITt)

for months 1 through 6 have already been developed and are provided below. Continue with the process and determine

Ft,

Tt,

and

FITt

for months 7 through 9 (round your responses to two decimal places):

Month (t)	Actual Demand (At)	Forecast (Ft)	Trend (Tt)	Forecast Including Trend (FITt)
1	12.0	11.00	2.00	13.00
2	17.0	12.80	1.92	14.72
3	23.0	15.18	2.10	17.28
4	18.0	18.42	2.56	20.98
5	25.0	20.38	2.32	22.70
6	21.0	23.16	2.50	25.66
7	32.0	enter your response here	enter your response here	enter your response here
8	28.0	enter your response here	enter your response here	enter your response here
9	36.0	enter your response here	enter your response here	enter your response here
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