Question

1. Student organizations sometimes require transportation for off-campus activities, and school policy requires students to be over 23 years old to serve as transport. Lael wants to determine how many of the active students will be eligible to transport other group members. In cell J2, enter a formula using the IF function as follows to determine if Kay Colbert can serve as authorized transport:

A. The function should use a reference to the Age column to determine if the student's age is greater than 23, and should return the text.
B. Fill the formula into the range J3:J31, if necessary.
2. To be eligible for the leadership training program offered by the office, a student must have at least 2 years of post-secondary education or have gone through the organization finance training. In cell K2 enter a formula using the IF and OR functions as follows to determine if Kay Colbert can join the leadership training program:
A. The IF function should determine if the student's Post-Secondary Years is greater than or equal to 2 or if the student's finance certified status is "Yes", returning the text. Yes if a student meets one or both of those criteria or the text. No if a student meets neither of those criteria.
B. Fill the formula into the range K3:K31, if necessary.

Answer 1

In cell J2, the formula =IF([Age]>23, "Yes", "No") is used to determine transport eligibility based on age. In cell K2, the formula =IF(OR([Post-Secondary Years]>=2, [Finance Certified]="Yes"), "Yes", "No") checks eligibility for leadership training based on education or finance certification. Formulas should be filled into respective ranges.

Step-by-step explanation:

To evaluate if Kay Colbert can serve as an authorized transporter, we input an IF function in cell J2 referencing the Age column. The formula is =IF([Age]>23, "Yes", "No"). If a student is older than 23, it will return "Yes"; otherwise, it will return "No". Then we autofill this formula down from cells J3 to J31.

For the leadership training eligibility in cell K2, we use the IF function combined with the OR function. The formula is =IF(OR([Post-Secondary Years]>=2, [Finance Certified]="Yes"), "Yes", "No"). This checks if the student has at least 2 years of post-secondary education or is finance certified; if either is true, it returns "Yes", or "No" otherwise. This formula should also be copied to the range K3:K31.