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Monday, 2 June 2014

Brackets Formula in MS Excel













Sometimes you will need to use brackets, (also known as 'braces'), in formula.








This is to ensure that the calculations are performed in the order that you need.








The need for brackets occurs when you mix plus or minus with divide or multiply.


















Mathematically speaking the * and / are more important than + and - .








The * and / operations will be calculated before + and - .


















Example 1 : The wrong answer !



















10








20








2








50 =C12+C13*C14

















You may expect that 10 + 20 would equal 30








And then 30 * 2 would equal 60


















But because the * is calculated first Excel sees the








calculation as 20 * 2 resulting in 40








And then 10 + 40 resulting in 50



























Example 2 : The correct answer.



















10








20








2








60 =(C27+C28)*C29

















By placing brackets around (10+20) Excel performs this








part of the calulation first, resulting in 30








Then the 30 is multipled by 2 resulting in 60














































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