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Suppose i have a students's marks in 10 cells and wish 2 add the best
7 (the seven best will naturally vary from student to students).
togethe to create his final mark how can this be done?

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=SUM(A1:A10)-SUM(SMALL(A1:A10,{1,2,3}))


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Suppose i have a students's marks in 10 cells and wish 2 add the best
7 (the seven best will naturally vary from student to students).
togethe to create his final mark how can this be done?

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On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:13:36 -0700 (PDT), perfection
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Suppose i have a students's marks in 10 cells and wish 2 add the best
7 (the seven best will naturally vary from student to students).
togethe to create his final mark how can this be done?

Thanks


=SUM(LARGE(A1:J1,{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}))

or

=SUM(A1:J1,-SMALL(A1:J1,{1,2,3}))

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