Sunday, 08 January 2006 06:23 samaye, Chris BONDE alekhiit:

> Is there a simpler way of computing mph given two time values and the
> distance?
>
> =distance/(HOUR(time2-time1)+(MINUTE(time2-time1)/60)+(SECOND(time2-ti
> me1)/3600))

Store the two times in two cells A1 and A2, subtract the earlier from the 
later by a simple =A2-A1, divide the distance by this subtraction result 
A2-A1 and then again by 24 and you have the speed.

(The reason I say to divide again by 24 is that time is internally stored as a 
fraction of a day, so you are actually dividing by a fraction of a day. So 
you will get the speed in miles per day and so dividing by 24 gives miles per 
hour. I just tested this and hope it works for you too.)

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