area of a right angle triangle is more meaningful than the formula =C4*B5. Second,
the names are always treated as absolute references, which is convenient for tasks similar to
Exercise 3.1.
We will now look at how to use names for the triangle area exercise. We will do so by
using the Name box although Excel provides more than one method of assigning names
to cells. Let us first clear the contents of cells C5:F8. Next, we select cells B5:B8 that
show different base values. After that we click Name box, type the name that we want to
assign to cells B5:B8, and then press Enter. Generally, it is better to choose a name
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