SCENARIO 16-4 the Number of Cases of Merlot Wine Sold by a by a Paso

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 16-4
The number of cases of merlot wine sold by a Paso Robles winery in an 8-year period follows.
-Referring to Scenario 16-3,if this series is smoothed using exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of 1/3,what would be the second value?

A) 39
B) 42
C) 45
D) 53