or turn it around as :

=sum(a1:a3)*1.2

both will work
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smither fan


"legend query" wrote:

U can do this way.... =120%*(sum(a1:a3))

"Shanny" wrote:

I have a colleague that asked help with a formula - He would like to add 3
cells up and then multiply it by 20% and add that into the total

I tried =sum(a1:a3)+(a1:a3*.20)
but it didn't work

Can this be done in one cell or do you have to use two cells to calculate
this.

thanks
Shanny