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Data Analysis Spreadsheet Basics Getting Started With Spreadsheets Getting Started With Spreadsheets Review

Posted by Md Akibe Hashan
Md Akibe Hashan
2,422 Points

i got stuck in this quize

This formula includes relative references to three cells: =A1*B4+B2

To make the references for all of these cells absolute for both their rows and columns you'd change the above formula to =

i didn't understand what to change here in spreadsheet

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

To make a reference absolute add a dollar sign before the letter for columns and before the number for rows. So for the given question you'd have:

$A$1*$B$4+$B$2