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michaelpgreen
Dec 04, 2025Copper Contributor
Why is my =SUM equation not giving the correct total?
I have the following numbers in the following cells A1 97 A2 39 A3 66 A4 43 A5 43 A6 53 A7 45 A8 56 A9 17 In A10 I have the following equation =SUM((A1:A8)+(A9*5) In my notebook t...
Detlef_Lewin
Dec 04, 2025Silver Contributor
Your fomula adds A9*5 to every value in A1:A8.
So, it is either one of these two:
=SUM(A1:A8)+A9*5
=SUM(A1:A8;A9*5)
michaelpgreen
Dec 04, 2025Copper Contributor
Cheers.
This is it. Sorted.