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In the attached spreadsheet on the 2016 tab I need a formula in column J to take the average of the cell on the left for column I plus all the cells above it and give me an average. For instance, I need cell J3 to give me an average of cells I2 & I3. I would then need the next cell for J4 to give me an average for I2, I3 & I4 and so on. I can’t figure out how to make it do the cell to the left plus all the cells before it. Any help would be much appreciated. I would also like to know how/why a solution works so that I can figure it out for future use. Thank you in advance!
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Change your formula in J3 from:
=AVERAGE(I2:I3)
to:
=AVERAGE(I$2:I3)
and copy down.
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That did the trick. I can’t believe it was that simple. I kept looking for a “cumulative average” formula or something. It has been a long week… Thanks!
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