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calculating the average of 5 values and dropping the lowest

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    calculating the average of 5 values and dropping the lowest

    I need to calculate the average of 5 values while dropping the lowest value from the average for example;

    ----B----C---D---E---F-----G
    4 | 80, 90, 70, 65, 32 Average(excluding 32)
    5 | 64, 95, 55, 0, 60 Average(excluding 0)

    I need a way to get the average of the highest values while excluding the lowest value and I have to do it for several rows so typing out a specific equation for each wouldn't be optimal.

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    Re: calculating the average of 5 values and dropping the lowest

    Welcome to the forum.

    =(sum(b1:f1) - min(b1:f1) ) / 4
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    Re: calculating the average of 5 values and dropping the lowest

    =(SUM(b1:f1)-MIN(b1:f1))/(COUNT(b1:f1)-1)
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    Re: calculating the average of 5 values and dropping the lowest

    Thanks, both those work great

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