Excel subtraction question

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I have a number in a cell A3 and about 40 numbers in 40 other cells that I
want to subtract from the number in A3. I tried = A3-C1:C39 but that did not
work.

What is the easiest and correct way to perform this calculation?

Thanks
 
=A3-SUM(C1:C39)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

|I have a number in a cell A3 and about 40 numbers in 40 other cells that I
| want to subtract from the number in A3. I tried = A3-C1:C39 but that did not
| work.
|
| What is the easiest and correct way to perform this calculation?
|
| Thanks
 
Ooops. Fingers slipped. Corrected formula: =A3-SUM(C1:C39) Use colon,
not minus sign for range.

Les
 
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