The Carbondale Hospital is considering the purchase of a new ambulance. The decision will rest partly on the anticipated mileage to be driven next year. The miles driven during the past 5 years are asfollows:

Year

1

2

3

4

5

Mileage

3,000

4,000

3,400

3,850

3,700

Using exponential smoothing with alpha= 0.30 and the forecast for year one being 3,000 what is the forecast for year 6? ________ miles (round your response to two decimal places.