Actual sales for January through April are shown below. ents 1 Observation Month Actual Sales (A)...

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Actual sales for January through April are shown below. ents 1 Observation Month Actual Sales (A) Forecasted Sales (F) January 18 2 February 23 3 March 20 4 April 16 5 May Use exponential smoothing with an alpha factor = 0.2 to calculate the forecast for April from the above data. Assume the forecast for the initial period (January) is 18. 23.70 18.56 19.20 18.00 19.00 Actual sales for January through April are shown below. ents 1 Observation Month Actual Sales (A) Forecasted Sales (F) January 18 2 February 23 3 March 20 4 April 16 5 May Use exponential smoothing with an alpha factor = 0.2 to calculate the forecast for April from the above data. Assume the forecast for the initial period (January) is 18. 23.70 18.56 19.20 18.00 19.00