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The following table gives the number of pints of type A blood used at Damascus Hospital in the past 6 weeks: Week Of Pints Used

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The following table gives the number of pints of type A blood used at Damascus Hospital in the past 6 weeks: Week Of Pints Used August 31 350 September 7 372 September 14 112 September 21 September 28 371 October 5 374 a) The forecasted demand for the week of October 12 using a 3-week moving average = pints (round your response to two decimal places). b) Using a 3-week weighted moving average, with weights of 0. 15, 0 25, and 0.60, using 0.60 for the most recent week, the forecasted demand for the week of October 12 = pints (round your response to two decimal places and remember to use the weights in appropriate order -the largest weight applies to most recent period and smallest weight applies to oldest period.) c) If the forecasted demand for the week of August 31 is 350 and a = 0.25, using exponential smoothing, develop the forecast for each of the weeks with the known demand and the forecast for the week of October 12 (round your responses to two decimal places). Week Of Pints Used Forecast for this Date 4 August 31 350 350 September 7 372 350.00 September 14 412 355.50 September 21 378 September 28 371 October 5 374 October 12

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