If you type a formula into a cell and see the text of a formula rather than the formula's result, what might have happened?

If you type a formula into a cell and see the text of a formula instead of the formula's result, one possible reason might be that the cell is formatted as "Text" instead of "General" or any other numerical format. This can prevent the cell from recognizing the formula and display it as plain text. To fix this, you can change the cell formatting to a numerical format such as "General" or "Number."