Tip: Save a range as AutoText entry (remaining cell formats and formulas) for reusing in future Note: Apart from the Format Cells command in the right-clicking menu, you can also format the average bicycle speed with selecting it and clicking the Increase Decimal button or Decrease Decimal button on the Home tab. Now you have calculate the average bicycle speed (average rate of change) and format it in Excel. (2) In the Decimal places box, enter the number of decimal places you want to format for the average speed. (1) Click the Number in the Category box Now in the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Number tab, and: Right click the cell you entered the formula just now, and select the Format Cells from the right-clicking menu.ģ. Select the blank cell besides the cell with last distance, in our case select Cell C7, enter the formula =(B7-B2)/((A7-A2)*24) into it and then press the Enter key.Ģ. To calculate the average rate of change (the average bicycle speed) in Excel, you can easily do as follows:ġ.

Calculate the average speed