In an MS-Excel sheet, cell A1 contains 5, A2 contains 6, and cell A3 contains the formula = A1 + A2. The formula in cell A3 is copied into cell B3 by dragging. Which of the following will be the result (output) displayed in cell B3?

In an MS-Excel sheet, cell A1 contains 5, A2 contains 6, and cell A3 contains the formula = A1 + A2. The formula in cell A3 is copied into cell B3 by dragging. Which of the following will be the result (output) displayed in cell B3? Correct Answer 0

The correct answer is 0.

Key Points

  • Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
  • It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. 
  • The current version of excel can handle over 1M rows and 16384 (label 'XFD') columns.
  • Given-
    • Cell A1- 5
    • Cell A2- 6
    • Cell A3- It is the addition of A1+A2= 11
  • Now, if the formula of A3 is dragged to B3, the answer will be zero as there is no input in the B1 cell and B2 cell.
  • The reference for the formula = A1 + A2 will also get changed to =B1 + B2, Since there is nothing to add, the answer will be zero.

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