FormuladrillVariance with the wrong sign
An Excel formula exercise from Formuladrill. Solve it with a formula bar on a live sheet in your browser, and it is checked the moment you submit.
The task
Variance should be actual minus budget, so spending over budget shows as a positive number. One row is the other way round. Find it and fix it.
What this exercise teaches
A flipped sign in one row also throws off the total variance. Pick one convention for the whole table and check every row follows it.
A hint if you get stuck
IT spent more than its budget, so its variance should be positive. Check the order of the subtraction in each row.
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