Which function is used to count items in a range that meet a specific condition?

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Which function is used to count items in a range that meet a specific condition?

Counting items that satisfy a condition is done with a function that takes a range and a criterion. The function used here is COUNTIF. It counts how many cells in the specified range meet the given condition, such as =COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">5"), which would count all cells in that range with values greater than five. This is different from the other options: SUM adds up values, AVERAGE computes the mean, and MAX returns the largest value. If you needed to test multiple conditions, you could use COUNTIFS with more than one criterion.

Counting items that satisfy a condition is done with a function that takes a range and a criterion. The function used here is COUNTIF. It counts how many cells in the specified range meet the given condition, such as =COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">5"), which would count all cells in that range with values greater than five. This is different from the other options: SUM adds up values, AVERAGE computes the mean, and MAX returns the largest value. If you needed to test multiple conditions, you could use COUNTIFS with more than one criterion.

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