"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in
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I am needing help; I use spreadsheets entering 6 scores and have to throw
out
the high and low and average the remaining 4. This I can do; BUT if we
add 6
more scores to the scenario making a total of 12, is there a way to throw
out
3 high and 3 low and average the remaining 6?

I think this formula will work...

=SUMPRODUCT(LARGE(A1:A12,{4,5,6,7,8,9}))/6

Change the range of cells to match the 12 cells you have you data in.

Rick

Average will work:

=AVERAGE(SMALL(A1:A12,{4,5,6,7,8,9}))

Or, the less known:

=TRIMMEAN(A1:A12,6/12)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP