A police station had to deploy a police officer for an emergency multiple times in the last four evenings. The table below shows the number of emergencies each evening.

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A police station had to deploy a police officer for an emergency multiple times in the last four evenings. The table below shows the
number of emergencies each evening.
(Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Forecast for tomorrow
Weekday
Number of calls each day
(calls)
9.
Monday
9
uesday
6.
Wednesday
8
Thursday
12
Complete the "Forecast for tomorrow" column in the table above. Use an exponential smoothing
a.
forecasting approach, with a=0.3 and a forecast for Monday of 9.
(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
What would be their forecast for Friday using the same exponential
b.
smoothing forecasting approach?
Transcribed Image Text:A police station had to deploy a police officer for an emergency multiple times in the last four evenings. The table below shows the number of emergencies each evening. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Forecast for tomorrow Weekday Number of calls each day (calls) 9. Monday 9 uesday 6. Wednesday 8 Thursday 12 Complete the "Forecast for tomorrow" column in the table above. Use an exponential smoothing a. forecasting approach, with a=0.3 and a forecast for Monday of 9. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) What would be their forecast for Friday using the same exponential b. smoothing forecasting approach?
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