Excuse me, I meant the sum of the squares

I believe it is the sum of the squares.  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 8:54 AM, Paul Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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!
>>
>> p.s. I hope the format of this email doesn't fall apart.
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