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AVERAGE

StatisticalExcel 2007

The arithmetic mean of numbers (blanks and text ignored).

Syntax

AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …)

Examples

=AVERAGE(B2:B30)

Good to know

  • A blank cell is skipped; a cell holding 0 is included. AVERAGEA counts text as 0.

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