Question

In a spredsheet the calculation of the average of a given set of data could be formulated as

Answer 1

Answer:

This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the AVERAGE  function in Microsoft Excel.

Description

Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the arguments. For example, if the range A1:A20 contains numbers, the formula =AVERAGE(A1:A20) returns the average of those numbers.

Syntax

AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...)

The AVERAGE function syntax has the following arguments:

Number1    Required. The first number, cell reference, or range for which you want the average.

Number2, ...    Optional. Additional numbers, cell references or ranges for which you want the average, up to a maximum of 255.