|||. Demand for patient surgery at Yrow Medical Center has increased steadily in the past few years, as seen in the table below: YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 OUTPATIENT SURGERIES PERFORMED 90 100 104 112 116 0 The Director of medical services predicted six years ago that demand in year 1 would be 84 surgeries. Using exponential smoothing with a weight of a = 20%, develop forecasts for 2 through 6. What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?

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III.
Demand for patient surgery at Yrow Medical Center has increased steadily in the past
few years, as seen in the table below:
YEAR
1
2
3
4
5
OUTPATIENT SURGERIES PERFORMED
90
100
104
112
116
0
The Director of medical services predicted six years ago that demand in year 1 would be
84 surgeries. Using exponential smoothing with a weight of a = 20%, develop forecasts
for 2 through 6. What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?
Transcribed Image Text:III. Demand for patient surgery at Yrow Medical Center has increased steadily in the past few years, as seen in the table below: YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 OUTPATIENT SURGERIES PERFORMED 90 100 104 112 116 0 The Director of medical services predicted six years ago that demand in year 1 would be 84 surgeries. Using exponential smoothing with a weight of a = 20%, develop forecasts for 2 through 6. What is the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?
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can please enlighten me, how did you come up with the forecast 90, 90,92,94.4, 97.92,101.536 

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