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Which column and row references are updated when you copy the formula: =F$5+12? Value 12 Column F Column F and row 5 Row 5

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The answer is column F. During relative copy and paste in Excel, the positioning of the '$' symbol effectively indicated an absolute reference to a position, so that is not updated. Therefore, in the formula '=F$5+12', only column F is updated.
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