Exponential smoothing to predict merchandise returns

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A manager is using exponential smoothing to predict merchandise returns at a suburban branch of a department store chain. Given a previous forecast of 140 items, an actual number of returns of 148 items, and a smoothing constant equal to .15, what is the forecast for the next period?

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