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    Calculating Percentage Averages in Excel

    Hello,
    I want to calculate the averages of several derived percentage values. However, in some cases the percentage is over 100%.
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    What I want to do is calculate the real average - discarding any value over 100%. For (very simple) example:

    Average of these values

    100%+80%+120%/3 = 100%

    The real average of these values should be:

    (100%+80%+120%)/3 = 93.33%

    is there any function in to do it ?

    Thank you
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    Re: Calculating Percentage Averages in Excel

    I don't think I've heard about what you refer to as a "real average" I just can't figure out how to get 93.33% out of 100% and 80% - did you accidentally use 280/3 instead of 180/3 ?

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    Re: Calculating Percentage Averages in Excel

    if you enter this formula

    =AVERAGE(IF(A3:A5>1,1,A3:A5))

    then in the formula bar do it with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER so it will become an array formula then you'll get the 93% you're looking for.

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