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Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
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Posted by Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
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Find the Average

The spreadsheet shows all the expenses incurred by an individual over a period of time. The average value of expenses in the Clothing category is: ?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14N_iq_ixw66iPgL02htQgHNrMmea--dAv3tJkhy5DEE/edit#gid=0

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

This is a good place for AVERAGEIF.

Usiing the Category (C) column for the criteria range, "Clothing" as the criterion, and the Price (B) column as the value range, with data in rows 3 to 176, and then rounding to 2 places, you can establish a formula like this:

Ā  Ā  =ROUND(AVERAGEIF($C$3:$C$176,"Clothing",$B$3:$B$176), 2)

The sheet will then display the answer in the formula cell.