The following are monthly actual and forecast demand levels for May through December for units of a product manufactured by the D. Bishop Company in Des Moines: ETT Forecast Demand 104 Month Actual Demand 100 May June July August September 80 100 108 101 112 101 105 100 October 106 102 November 130 102 December 125 107 For the given forecast, the tracking signal = MADS (round your response to two decimal places).
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