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Imagine you own the Risky Business Bakery, a small bakeshop in need of some help. You work hard, and your profits are declining. You look back through your sales data to determine how you can increase sales without significantly increasing costs.

You will start by determining which items sell best and which days are busiest. Then you'll see how tweaking prices on those days might increase or decrease sales and demand.

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Error and Uncertainty in Google Sheets

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Exercise instructions

  • In cells, I2:I8, add the total sales (i.e., prices) for each day listed in column H.
  • In cell K2, use a pair of functions to generate a sorted list of unique bakery items.
  • Calculate the total sales for each item in cells L2:L22.
  • Calculate the percent of total sales for each item in cells M2:M22.

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