A contractor is putting together an estimate for a new customer who would like a built-in pool installed. The contractor has a lot of different measurements that need to be calculated, and he needs to keep track of them. What would you tell him to do to keep track of the information and calculate quickly and in an organized manner?

Question

A contractor is putting together an estimate for a new customer who would like a built-in pool installed. The contractor has a lot of different measurements that need to be calculated, and he needs to keep track of them. What would you tell him to do to keep track of the information and calculate quickly and in an organized manner?

A.
Do the calculations with a calculator and log them in a spreadsheet that can be saved and printed.

B.
Log the information into a spreadsheet and calculate the measurements through the formulas in the spreadsheet program.

C.
Write the information out by hand and keep track of it in a notebook.

D.
Do the calculations through a spreadsheet program and save the information in a notebook to show the customer.

Answer 1

B.

Log the information into a spreadsheet and calculate the measurements through the formulas in the spreadsheet program.