Thanks JMB and Max extremely helpful.
I have one more small problem and that is this formula:
=IF(V8:V50="","",SUM(V8:V50/43))
I understand the principle of AVERAGE but I get that #VALUE! in the
destination cell V51. Is this a format issue? can V51 be blanked so that it
shows nothing?

Cheers
David

"Max" wrote:

Perhaps just change: .. OR(V8=49,X8=49)
to: .. AND(V8=49,X8=49)

Try it as:
=IF(OR(V8="",X8=""),"",IF(OR(V8="R",X8="R"),"R",IF (AND(V8=49,X8=49),"NGP",SUM(V8*0.18,X8*0.82)/100)))
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"DavidB" wrote:
Could someone have a look at this for me and give me feedback please:
=IF(OR(V8="",X8=""),"",IF(OR(V8="R",X8="R"),"R",IF (OR(V8=49,X8=49),"NGP",SUM(V8*0.18,X8*0.82)/100)))

Q8 is the destination cell so I want Q8 to produce NGP only if both V8 & X8
=NGP by entering 49 into both V8 & X8. However, if for argument sake V8 has
49 and X8 has 90 as it stands now Q8 still reads NGP but I want it to
actually calculate the score based on the SUM above and not give me an
NGP.... obviously the formula needs changing but I can't get my head around
exactly what needs to change.

Cheers
David