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Excel is extremely useful due to the fact that it allows us to create <strong>for</strong>mulas based on the values<br />

of exist<strong>in</strong>g cells or cell ranges (a collection of one or more cells).<br />

A <strong>for</strong>mula can either act on a provided value or on a provided set of cells. For example, suppose<br />

we want to add up the total revenue. We want the result to appear <strong>in</strong> cell D3. To <strong>in</strong>itiate a<br />

<strong>for</strong>mula, we must beg<strong>in</strong> with = <strong>in</strong> the desired <strong>for</strong>mula cell. Thus, we could click cell D3 and<br />

type:<br />

This, however, would defeat the purpose of hav<strong>in</strong>g entered all the data <strong>in</strong> already! So, we will<br />

use the built <strong>in</strong> sum function. To use this, we type:<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 23

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