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Formula

Could you send some typical formulas and when to use open brackets and close brackets

RE: Formula

Hi Joanna

How are you today, thanks for your question

The most common formulas to use are as follows:

Sum, Average Max and Min

you can find these by going to the Insert menu - click function
when the function window comes up look through the list of most recently used

As for when to use brackets this is as follows

e.g. =sum(b4:b10)
e.g. =average(b3,b7,h10,g8)

the brackets are use to surround a range of cell like they are above

If you have any other queries please reply to this post


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Excel tip:

Checking formulas with multiple operators

When dealing with formulas containing more than one operator (+, -, /, *), Excel follow standard BEDMAS order of operation rules. These rules specify the order that calculations will be performed in, regardless of how the formula reads left to right:

B = brackets
E = exponents
D = division
M = multiplication
A = addition
S = subtraction

It should be noted that multiplication and division are considered equal; as are addition and subtraction.

If you would like to check the order in which Excel is performing calculations in a formula, simply click on the cell containing the formula. Then go to Tools - Formula Auditing and select Evaluate Formula.

In the Evaluate Formula dialogue box that appears on your screen, click the Evaluate button to see how Excel calculates the formula result.

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