weird reference behavior

You just calculated the breakdown for each bill you paid. What did you find?

1  ill in the blanks for Bob and Sasha using

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the values on the facing page. This is the value for the tip, which
needs to be split into three.
Here’s one of the formulas =2+15+12/3
you just wrote, which is for Here is the result.
Bob’s bill at Tom’s Restaurant. Coffee Eggs & Bacon

2  ow, write a formula to calculate your share of meal #1. Instead of

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adding elements from the facing page, just subtract what Bob and Sasha
spent from the total.
Use this formula.
=B4–C4–D4 The formula goes here.

3 Select the formula you just wrote in cell E4 and copy/paste it for meals
2–4. What happens? Look at the references for each result.
When you copied and pasted =B7–C7–D7
the formula, Excel updated the
references for each position. =B6–C6–D6
=B5–C5–D5

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