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Niagera College Student

I am a student I Niagera college and am working with excel, I have a n
ifstatmet that is giving the correct answer but its not solving the anser.

The statment : =IF(G9>B3,+"sum(G9*C3)",+"sum(G9*1)")

The Answer sum(G9*C3)

The problemi is that it is the wright answer but it will not tally the sum.

Help me PLZ
 
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KL

How about:

=IF(G9>B3,G9*C3,G9)

the use of the SUM function is wastefull (as there is nothing to sum), as it
is the multiplication by 1.

Regards,
KL


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JE McGimpsey

Leave out the quotes and the superfluous SUM()s and "+" signs:

=IF(G9>B3, G9*C3, G9)

That can then be further simplified to

=G9 * IF(G9>B3, C3, 1)



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Niagera College Student

Thank you for you help in the end I was able to make it simple

IF(G9>$B$3,H9*$C$3,H9*0)
 
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JE McGimpsey

Since anything multiplie by zero is zero, you could make it just a bit
simpler:

=IF(G9>$B$3,H9*$C$3,0)

Just for kicks, you could also do it this way, since XL interprets a
TRUE value as 1 and FALSE as zero in a math formula:

=H9*$C$3*(G9>$B$3)




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