City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is attempting to forecast revenues coming from traffic citations. The data for the last $8$ months are provided below. Month Number of Citations $60112629358745455572661076348660$ Forecast the number of traffic citations for Month $9$ utilizing an exponential smoothing model with an alpha equal to $0\mathrm{.}45.($Assume a first$-$period forecast equal to $500$ citations$)$ a$.626\mathrm{.}3$ b$.631\mathrm{.}7$ c$.622\mathrm{.}7$ d$.616\mathrm{.}0$