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In this article we will take a quick look at simple formulas in Excel, especially the calculation of VAT and inclusive of the sale price (including tax) for a purchase price without VAT (tax). Method ...

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel formulas, trying to calculate moving averages or rolling totals, only to end up frustrated by the constant need for manual adjustments? You’re not ...

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Whenever you change something on a Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheet, the program will recalculate some of the cells in the worksheet, even some of those that did not change. Normally, Excel operates ...

GCD stands for Greatest Common Divisor. It is also called HCF (Highest Common Factor). In simple words, it is the greatest number that can divide a particular set of numbers. For example, the Greatest ...

Excel is a spreadsheet with a lot of power. The software can be used to track inventory, track and calculate payroll and a myriad of other calculations. An Excel formula is generally composed of ...

The basic formula for calculating the area of a rectangle in Excel is length * height. Thus, the syntax of the formula for finding the area of a rectangle in Excel would become: You could use the Fill ...