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2. Fastway is a parcel delivery company based in Pretoria. It measures demand on a weekly basis in terms of the number of parcels which it is given to deliver (irrespective of the size of each parcel). The forecast for week 20 is 63. The table below shows actual demands for Fastway.
Week
Actual demand
20
63
21
62
22
67
23
66
24
67
25
69
26
65
27
71
28
68
29
68
30
70
31
72
32
66
33
68
34
67
Predict the forecast for week 35 using an exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 0.20.
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