I believe it is the sum of the square roots.  For example SUMSQ(2,3,4) = 29
(2*2) + (3*3) + (4*4) = 4 + 9 + 16 = 29

It may be a simple as breaking up Excel's fancy SUMSQ into a formula.
sqrt( ((b1-b2)*(b1-b2)) + ((c1-c2)*(c1-c2)) + ((d1-d2)*(d1-d2)) ) = e



On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:31 AM, WebDude <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I was given an excel file that needs to be converted to a web page. I am
> not a Math guru and was wondering if someone could help me out.
>
> The form has some fields with a formula that looks like this (cell e is the
> result)...
>
> =SQRT(SUMSQ(b1-b2,c1-c2,d1-d2))   ---  This is the formula for cell e
>
>                          b        c         d         e
>    Reference:       0.00 Sample Measurement:
>
> All 6 yellow cells will be inputs. What I don't get is how to sum a square
> root. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
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