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    Formula returning REF after entering the formula

    I have this formula =INDEX($A$3:$A$11,0,MATCH(MAX($P3:$P11),$P3:$P11,0)) thats supposed to return the name of the person with the highest average fuel consumption and i dont what it is,but i seem to get the REF error.heres a image showing you thatABCD.png

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    Re: Formula returning REF after entering the formula

    =INDEX($A$3:$A$11,0,MATCH(MAX($P3:$P11),$P3:$P11,0))

    Row ZERO ?
    You cant have a row zero, surely?

    Which also suggests your MATCH is looking across columns.
    Swap them round then change the 0 to 1.
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    Re: Formula returning REF after entering the formula

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    you are checking in which ROW, so put result as ROW parameter not column.
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