You create a formula that adds cells E4 through E19. Three of these cells are blank. What happens?
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You create a formula that adds cells e4 through e19. three of these cells are blank. what happens?
If three of the cells (E4, E10, and E15 for example) within the range E4:E19 are blank, and you create a formula to add these cells, you will still get the sum of the non-blank cells. In other words, the blank cells will be ignored and not considered in the calculation.
When you create a formula that adds cells E4 through E19 and some of these cells are blank, the blank cells would be treated as zeros (0) in the calculation. Therefore, the formula would still add the non-blank cells and the blanks would not affect the result of the calculation.
To create a formula that adds cells E4 through E19 in most spreadsheet software, including Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, you can follow these steps:
1. Select the cell where you want the result to appear.
2. Type the equal sign (=) to begin the formula.
3. Click on cell E4 to start the range of cells to be added.
4. Type a colon (:) to indicate a range of cells.
5. Click on cell E19, the last cell in the range to be added.
6. Press the Enter key or click outside the cell to complete the formula.
Example: =E4:E19
After entering the formula, the result will be displayed and any blank cells within the specified range will be treated as zeros (0) during the calculation.