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Is there a way to remove the lowest 5 cell values from the sum of a row of 20
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=SUM(A1:T1)-SUM(SMALL(A1:T1,{1,2,3,4,5}))

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"randy chapman" wrote:
Is there a way to remove the lowest 5 cell values
from the sum of a row of 20 cells


Assume the 20 source cells are A1:A20
Try this in B1, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to array-enter the formula (instead
of pressing ENTER):
=SUM(A1:A20)-SUM(SMALL(A1:A20,ROW(1:5)))
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