<span>17x=18(1/3)
17x = 6
x = 6/17
hope it helps</span>
Answer:
2.9802322e+17
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:

To find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes:
The line x=L is a vertical asymptote of the function f(x) if the limit of the function at this point is infinite.
But, here there is no such point.
Thus, the function f(x) doesn't have a vertical asymptote.
The line y=L is a vertical asymptote of the function f(x) if the limit of the function (either left or right side) at this point is finite.

Thus, y = 0 is the horizontal asymptote for the given function.
For a smoothing constant of 0.2
Time period – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual value – 46 55 39 42 63 54 55 61 52
Forecast – 58 55.6 55.48 52.18 50.15 52.72 52.97 53.38 54.90
Forecast error - -12 -.6 -16.48 – 10.12 12.85 1.28 2.03 7.62 -2.9
The mean square error is 84.12
The mean forecast for period 11 is 54.38
For a smoothing constant of 0.8
Time period – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Actual value – 46 55 39 42 63 54 55 61 52
Forecast – 58 48.40 53.68 41.94 41.99 58.80 54.96 54.99 59.80
Forecast error - -12 6.60 -14.68 0.06 21.01 -4.80 0.04 6.01 -7.80The mean square error is 107.17
The mean forecast for period 11 is 53.56
Based on the MSE, smoothing constant of .2 offers a better model since the mean forecast is much better compared to the 53.56 of the smoothing constant of 0.8.