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Data Analysis Spreadsheet Basics Spreadsheet Functions & Shortcuts Review More Spreadsheet Functions

Posted by syalih
syalih
16,468 Points

Spreadsheets and Functions and Shortcuts Quiz 2?

Your boss asks you to tell her how many employees she needs to have on duty during an event. She needs at least 1 employee per every 15 guests. There are expected to be 3,030 guests. Write the spreadsheet equation using a function that will allow you to tell your boss the minimum number of employees needed.

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Did you have a specific question? Here's some hints in the meantime:

  • divide to get the employees
  • use a function to make sure you return a whole number
  • this is very similar to the teachers equation in the video
John Grillo
John Grillo
30,241 Points
John Grillo
John Grillo
30,241 Points

ROUNDUP(3030/15 , 0) Don't forget to include the number of decimal places you want, which is decided after the

hamsternation
hamsternation
26,616 Points
hamsternation
hamsternation
26,616 Points

Probably a bug in the answer checking code, in reality, even if you leave out the "0", you get the right answer because the parameter is optional. Also ROUNDUP(3030/15, 0) should have worked, but the answer it needs is:

ROUNDUP(3030/15,0)