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I am creating a work sheet for my accounts. I have 12 months with different
values. At the end I want to add all the values to make one grand total. I
have added them as follows
(=SUM(B7:E7:B15:E15:B23:E23:B31:E31:B39:E39:B47:E4 7)
The answer should be 120000-00 yet it says it is 240000-00. Why did this
formula multiply the answer by two??
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Assume this is what you're trying to do?

=SUM(B7:E7,B15:E15,B23:E23,B31:E31,B39:E39,B47:E47 )


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I am creating a work sheet for my accounts. I have 12 months with different
values. At the end I want to add all the values to make one grand total. I
have added them as follows
(=SUM(B7:E7:B15:E15:B23:E23:B31:E31:B39:E39:B47:E4 7)
The answer should be 120000-00 yet it says it is 240000-00. Why did this
formula multiply the answer by two??

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