The problem asks what value the formula `=MAX(A1:C3)` would return when inserted into cell C3. The cells A1, B1, C1, A2, B2, C2, A3, B3, C3 currently contain the values 5, 4, 6, 4, null, 5, 3, empty, empty respectively. Note that "null" is not considered as a number and is treated as 0. Since the formula `=MAX(A1:C3)` is being inserted into C3, we must recalculate the value for C3.

1. Problem Description

The problem asks what value the formula `=MAX(A1:C3)` would return when inserted into cell C

3. The cells A1, B1, C1, A2, B2, C2, A3, B3, C3 currently contain the values 5, 4, 6, 4, null, 5, 3, empty, empty respectively. Note that "null" is not considered as a number and is treated as

0. Since the formula `=MAX(A1:C3)` is being inserted into C3, we must recalculate the value for C

3.

2. Solution Steps

The formula `=MAX(A1:C3)` finds the maximum value among the cells in the range A1 to C

3. The cell values are:

A1 = 5

B1 = 4

C1 = 6

A2 = 4

B2 = 0 (since "null" is interpreted as 0)

C2 = 5

A3 = 3

B3 = empty (treated as 0)

C3 = `MAX(5, 4, 6, 4, 0, 5, 3, 0)`

The maximum value among these numbers is

6. Therefore, C3 will have the value

6.

3. Final Answer

(3) 6