Freight car loading over a 8 -week period at a busy port are as follows; (40 pts) a) Forecast week 9, by using exponential soothing, use a(alpha) =0.6, forecast of week 5=310. b) Develop the Itrend equation for the forecast and how many for week 20 and 25 . c) The manager intends to install new equipment when the volume exceeds 750 loadings per week. Assuming the current trend continues, the loading volume will reach that level in approximately what week? d) Compute MAD and MSE for the trend equation for periods 1-8. 3-5. The operations manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that the demand for Bass Drums may be related to the number of television appearances by the popular rick group Green shades during the previous month. The manager has collected the data shown in the following table