Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Brackets in formula in MS-Excel

Use of Brackets in Excel Formulas:

We should use the brackets, (also known as 'braces'), in the formula. It 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.

In the mathematical terminology  the * (Multiply) and / (Divide) are more important than + (Plus) and - (Minus). The * and / operations will be calculated before + and -

Example 1 : The wrong answer !

Bracket Example 1 Image




Example 2 : The correct answer !

Bracket Example 2 Image

By placing brackets around (10+20) Excel performs this part of the calculation first, resulting in 30, then the 30 is multiplied by 2 resulting in 60.

 



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