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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ function adds all the indicated cells together and divides by the total number of cells.
A
Total
B
Maximum
C
Minimum
D
Average
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -SUM: This function adds all the values of the cells in the argument. AVERAGE: This function determines the average of the values included in the argument. It calculates the sum of the cells and then divides that value by the number of cells in the argument.

Detailed explanation-2: -The function AVERAGE is used to determine the average of the values in selected cells. Since the average is calculated by obtaining the sum of selected cell values and then dividing the sum by the number of selected cells, the correct answer is the AVERAGE function.

Detailed explanation-3: -The SUM function adds values. You can add individual values, cell references or ranges or a mix of all three. For example: =SUM(A2:A10) Adds the values in cells A2:10.

Detailed explanation-4: -Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the arguments. For example, if the range A1:A20 contains numbers, the formula =AVERAGE(A1:A20) returns the average of those numbers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The SUM function totals one or more numbers in a range of cells. Select the blank cell in the row below the cells that you want to sum, cell A5 in this example.

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