The following table contains the number of consumer complaints received in a Publix market in

The following table contains the number of consumer complaints received in a Publix market in Hollywood, Florida.

Month                         Number of Complaints

January                                               36

February                                 45

March                                     81

April                                       90

May                                        108

June                                         144

 For the table above, if exponential smoothing is used to smooth the series with a smoothing constant of a= 0.33, the March forecast, rounded to the nearest total number of complaints, is:

A.        39

B.        42

C.        45

D.        53

E.         64