The following table gives the number of pints of type A blood used at Damascus Hospital in the past 6 weeks:                        Week of            Pints used                        Aug 31                   360                         Sep 7                      370                         Sep 14                    412                          Sep 21                    383                           Sep 28                   371                        Oct     5                      371      A) The forecasted demand for the week of October 12 using a 3-week moving average = 375  B) Using the 3-week weighted moving average, with weights of 0.10, 0.35, 0.55, using 0,55 for the most recent week, the forecasted demand for the week of October 12=[__] pints (round your response to two decimal places and remember to use the weights in appropriate order- the largest weight applies to most recent period and smallest weight applies to oldest period.)

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The following table gives the number of pints of type A blood used at Damascus Hospital in the past 6 weeks: 

                      Week of            Pints used

                       Aug 31                   360

                        Sep 7                      370

                        Sep 14                    412

                         Sep 21                    383

                          Sep 28                   371

                       Oct     5                      371

     A) The forecasted demand for the week of October 12 using a 3-week moving average = 375 

B) Using the 3-week weighted moving average, with weights of 0.10, 0.35, 0.55, using 0,55 for the most recent week, the forecasted demand for the week of October 12=[__] pints (round your response to two decimal places and remember to use the weights in appropriate order- the largest weight applies to most recent period and smallest weight applies to oldest period.)

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