What value would be returned based on the formula in Cell D49? Staff ID 19106 E 42 Conference Room Location 43 D East 44 C North 45 A South 46 E South 47 B South 19122 19107 19104 19147 48 49 =COUNTIFS(E42:E47, “South”,F42:F47,”19104″) Image not displaying? 0 1 2 3 #ERROR #VALUE
The Correct Answer and Explanation is :
The formula in Cell D49, =COUNTIFS(E42:E47, "South", F42:F47, "19104"), counts the number of rows where the “Location” is “South” and the “Staff ID” is “19104”.
Given the data:
| Row | Conference Room | Location | Staff ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | D | East | 19106 |
| 43 | C | North | 19122 |
| 44 | A | South | 19107 |
| 45 | E | South | 19104 |
| 46 | B | South | 19147 |
The formula evaluates each row to check if both conditions are met.
- Row 42: Location is “East” (not “South”); does not meet the first criterion.
- Row 43: Location is “North” (not “South”); does not meet the first criterion.
- Row 44: Location is “South” (meets the first criterion), but Staff ID is “19107” (not “19104”); does not meet the second criterion.
- Row 45: Location is “South” (meets the first criterion) and Staff ID is “19104” (meets the second criterion); meets both criteria.
- Row 46: Location is “South” (meets the first criterion), but Staff ID is “19147” (not “19104”); does not meet the second criterion.
Only Row 45 satisfies both conditions.
Therefore, the formula returns a value of 1, indicating that there is one row where the Location is “South” and the Staff ID is “19104”.
The COUNTIFS function in Excel counts the number of cells that meet multiple criteria across different ranges. In this case, it checks each row within the specified ranges (E42:E47 for Location and F42:F47 for Staff ID) to see if both conditions are true simultaneously. This function is particularly useful for analyzing datasets where multiple conditions must be considered together.
By applying COUNTIFS with the specified criteria, you can quickly determine how many entries match both the desired Location and Staff ID, facilitating efficient data analysis and decision-making.