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Default excel function to give the area of a circle?

On 1/27/2010 10:19 AM, bhoward425 wrote:
I'm working my way through learning to build spreadsheets. How would I create
the function to give the area of a circle. I know the formula A=PI*r(squared)
but don' know the excel functions. I tried "=(PI)*(Power('diameter
cell'/2),2)" but that wouldn't work.


see Excel help for PI.
If radius is in cell A1, either of these formulas should work:
=PI()*A1^2
=PI()*A1*A1

Bill
 
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