The Vision Hospital is considering the purchase of a new Advance Scan machine. The decision will rest partly on the anticipate patients in the coming months. The numbers of patents during the past years are as follows: Year Number of patents(Actual) 2016 1600 2017 2200 2018 2600 2019 2800 2020 3100 Compute the forecast for the year 2021 using exponential smoothing with a forecast for the year 2016 of 1500 and α = .3

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The Vision Hospital is considering the purchase of a new Advance Scan machine. The decision will rest partly on the anticipate patients in the coming months. The numbers of patents during the past years are as follows: Year Number of patents(Actual) 2016 1600 2017 2200 2018 2600 2019 2800 2020 3100 Compute the forecast for the year 2021 using exponential smoothing with a forecast for the year 2016 of 1500 and α = .3
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