Can someone advise on how to add length in Excel, for example, I need to add
5 ft 8 in and 7 ft 9 in. I want an answer to be also in feet and inches.

Gladly appreciate!

Hi

Have a read of Chip's site:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FeetInches.htm

It gets a bit complex but it should set you off in the right direction!
Hope this helps.
Andy.

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Can someone advise on how to add length in Excel, for example, I need to
add
5 ft 8 in and 7 ft 9 in. I want an answer to be also in feet and inches.

Gladly appreciate!

See the DOLLARDE and DOLLARFR functions in help.

=DOLLARFR(DOLLARDE(5.08,12)+DOLLARDE(7.09,12),12)

returns 13.05. These functions are part of the Analysis ToolPak
add-in, so you'll need to have that add-in loaded. Go to the
Tools menu, choose Add-Ins, and check Analysis ToolPak in the
list of available addins.



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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
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Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"student" wrote in message
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Can someone advise on how to add length in Excel, for example,
I need to add
5 ft 8 in and 7 ft 9 in. I want an answer to be also in feet
and inches.

Gladly appreciate!

In addition to Chips's excellent method, you could enter (in A1) 5 8/12 and
(in A2) 7 9/12
In A3 enter =A1+A2
To keep Excel from rationalizing fractions like 8/12 to 2/3, format the cell
as # ??/12

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"student" wrote in message
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Can someone advise on how to add length in Excel, for example, I need to
add
5 ft 8 in and 7 ft 9 in. I want an answer to be also in feet and inches.

Gladly appreciate!