Using 2 Semester Weighted moving average compute the forecasted number of student for semester 16 the weight are 4 for the most recent semester and 2 for the older one.

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The chairperson of the department of management at Tech wants to forecast the number of students who will enroll in operations management next semester in order to determine how many sections to schedule. The chair has accumulated the following enrollment data for the past 15 semesters:

Using 2 Semester Weighted moving average compute the forecasted number of student for semester 16

the weight are 4 for the most recent semester and 2 for the older one.

Semester Students Enrolled in OM
1 270
2 310
3 250
4 290
5 370
6 410
7 400
8 450
9 440
10 470
11 520
12 515
13 525
14 542
15 503
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