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    This document discusses how to write formulas in Excel using references rather than long strings of numbers. References allow formulas to dynamically update if underlying data changes. The document provides examples of using cell references like =B2 to retrieve the value 66 from cell B2 rather than writing out the number. It suggests writing formulas to add bills, split a total value, and check if a budget was exceeded using referenced cell values rather than hard-coded numbers.

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    This document discusses how to write formulas in Excel using references rather than long strings of numbers. References allow formulas to dynamically update if underlying data changes. The document provides examples of using cell references like =B2 to retrieve the value 66 from cell B2 rather than writing out the number. It suggests writing formulas to add bills, split a total value, and check if a budget was exceeded using referenced cell values rather than hard-coded numbers.

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    References Keep Your Formulas Working Even If Your Data Changes

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    This document discusses how to write formulas in Excel using references rather than long strings of numbers. References allow formulas to dynamically update if underlying data changes. The document provides examples of using cell references like =B2 to retrieve the value 66 from cell B2 rather than writing out the number. It suggests writing formulas to add bills, split a total value, and check if a budget was exceeded using referenced cell values rather than hard-coded numbers.

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    formulas

    References keep your formulas


    working even if your data change s
    This formula just keeps going....
    You don’t have to write your formula like this:

    =66+116+27+123+61+50
    This formula is hard to read, and even more
    importantly, it’s hard to change if a data point
    turns out to be wrong.
    Instead of writing a long string of numbers like
    this, you can use references. References are a
    shorthand that Excel uses to look for values. For
    example, if you tell Excel to look at the reference
    B2, it will return the value 66, because that’s
    what it finds at B2.

    The reference for the value


    of the first bill is B2.

    t
    Write the formula that adds your bills together using references.

    Then write a formula to split that value three ways.

    Write the
    formulas you use Write a formula to determine whether you are still under budget and, if so, by how much.
    in the blanks.

    you are here 4   11

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