The problem asks what the result of the formula `=SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4)` will be when entered in cell E3.

1. Problem Description

The problem asks what the result of the formula `=SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4)` will be when entered in cell E

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2. Solution Steps

The formula `=SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4)` calculates the average of the values in the range A1:D

4. The `SUM(A1:D4)` function calculates the sum of the values in the range A1:D

4. The `COUNT(A1:D4)` function counts the number of cells containing numerical values in the range A1:D

4. Dividing the sum by the count gives the average. The average of a range of cells is also equal to the average of all the cells regardless of what values are. Thus, the formula in cell E3 will return the average of the numbers. The average of the values in a range is the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The formula does exactly this: it sums the values and divides by the number of values.

Since `=SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4)` represents the average of the cells A1:D4, we must assume each cell in range A1:D4 contains a number. The average equals to the sum divided by the count.

Let's assume A1=1, A2=2, A3=3, A4=4, B1=5, B2=6, B3=7, B4=8, C1=9, C2=10, C3=11, C4=12, D1=13, D2=14, D3=15, D4=

1

6. Then, the `SUM(A1:D4)` is $1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16=136$.

The `COUNT(A1:D4)` is the number of cells, which is $4 \times 4 = 16$. Thus the result of `SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4)` will be $\frac{136}{16} = 8.5$.

However, the question is not about the actual computation because the cell values are not given. Thus, the SUM divided by the COUNT is simply the average. If the cells are the same, then that cell will be the average. If all the cells are one, then the average of one repeated is equal to

1. If we assume each cell contains 1, then $SUM = 16$ and $COUNT = 16$. Then, $16/16 = 1$, but this is not a good assumption.

Let's try to determine the number of cells in A1:D4, that is 16 cells.

Given the multiple choices (1) 4, (2) 8, (3) 5, (4) 6, we need to figure out the relation between these.

If A1:D4 are filled with zeros, the average of those would be

0.

If all the cells were equal to x, i.e. A1=A2=..=D4=x, then $SUM(A1:D4)=16x$ and $COUNT(A1:D4)=16$. So $\frac{SUM(A1:D4)}{COUNT(A1:D4)} = \frac{16x}{16} = x$.

Since the values of the cells A1:D4 are not given, the problem may be interpreted as what the *concept* of averaging with a SUM and COUNT means. Since each cell has at least one entry, the COUNT function is at least

1. But A1:D4 means there are at least two rows and two columns. So we expect there to be many values being summed. It is asking what will be displayed, not a computed number.

It is looking for the AVERAGE of the numbers that will be displayed. Since the formula is the average of a range, and A1:D4 contains no text (this seems obvious) or blank cells, SUM(A1:D4)/COUNT(A1:D4) will return the average of the cells, which can be any value depending on the individual cells' values.

The average would be 6 if the result of the sum were 96, where the count would be

1

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3. Final Answer

The problem lacks information regarding the values in the cells A1:D

4. However, if all cells had the same value, the answer would be the same value. Given the options, it seems more likely that the expected answer depends on understanding the formula and not on calculating a specific value. There is missing info to answer this with any certainty. Based on the available choices, I am inferring that the cells have a pre-existing format that leads to an average = 6

The only possible option is 4) 6