FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

USING MICROSOFT EXCEL

HOW TO ADD COPY AND MOVE WORKSHEETS WITHIN EXCEL WORKBOOKS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Excel follows the ____ and first adds the values inside the parentheses.
A
Order of Operations
B
Formula Guidelines
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Excel calculates the formula from left to right, according to a specific order for each operator in the formula. If you combine several operators in a single formula, Excel performs the operations in the order shown in the following table.

Detailed explanation-2: -In general, Excel’s order of operation follows the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) but with some customization to handle the formula syntax in a spreadsheet. First, any expressions in parentheses are evaluated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parentheses () is used to change the order of an operation. Using parentheses makes Excel do the calculation for the numbers inside the parentheses first, before calculating the rest of the formula.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rules For Using Formulas Excel follows the BODMAS rules of arithmetic to determine the order in which calculations in any given formula are performed. The order is – Brackets Of, then Division, then Multiplication, then Addition, then Subtraction. So the equation 3 + 2 x 10 could equal either 50 or 23.

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