Plz Help Microsoft Excel Novice

Someone help me I’m a complete novice at Microsoft excel
Let’s imagine a betting scenario
a1 is the stake whilst b1 is the price/odds and so c1 =profit/winnings
C1=SUM(A1*B1)
Now a2 = 5 and b2= 4 ……. C2=SUM(A2*B2)
I only want to calculate c2 if c1 is a profit i.e. more than 0
If c1 is not more than 0 than I don’t want to calculate C2
How do I do this condition? ….. I’ve tried this by going to insert and then function etc but it doesn’t work can you give me a step by step guide on how to do this

Just add this formula to C2:

=IF(A2*B2>0,A2*B2,0)

It's telling the cell that if A2*B2 is greater than 0 then show the result,
if not show a zero. Hope that helps!




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> Someone help me I’m a complete novice at Microsoft excel
> Let’s imagine a betting scenario
> a1 is the stake whilst b1 is the price/odds and so c1 =profit/winnings
> C1=SUM(A1*B1)
> Now a2 = 5 and b2= 4 ……. C2=SUM(A2*B2)
> I only want to calculate c2 if c1 is a profit i.e. more than 0
> If c1 is not more than 0 than I don’t want to calculate C2
> How do I do this condition? ….. I’ve tried this by going to insert and
> then function etc but it doesn’t work can you give me a step by step
> guide on how to do this
>
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