Problem 3 ( 4 points) Air travel on Mountain Airlines for the past 9 weeks was: week Passengers 1 405 2 410 3 420 4 415 5 412 6 420 7 424 8 433 9 431 What value of \alpha (smoothing constant) should be used to make the most accurate forecast using exponential smoothing for the given data (Round your answers to two decimal places)
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