Calculate average

raji40

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Hi all,

I'm trying to calculate average in min:secs but when applying the formula, its giving error. I even tried changing the format but unable to get the results. Please help. Sample is attached.
00:00:00
00:02:46
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00
00:00:00

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<td height="17" class="xl65" width="64" style="height:12.75pt;width:48pt">00:00:41</td>
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<td height="17" class="xl65" width="64" style="height:12.75pt;width:48pt">00:00:38</td>
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<td height="17" class="xl65" width="64" style="height:12.75pt;width:48pt">00:01:51</td>
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<td height="17" class="xl65" width="64" style="height:12.75pt;width:48pt">00:01:46</td>
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Hi Raji40,

I just tried it with the values you posted and the AVERAGE formula calculated it fine as 00:01:04
 
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I'm trying to calculate average in min:secs but when applying the formula, its giving error. I even tried changing the format but unable to get the results.

My guess: the "times" are text, not numeric values. Confirm by entering =ISTEXT(A1) somewhere, where A1 is a cell with one of your "times".

The #DIV/0 error indicates that AVERAGE thinks there are zero values to average. That is because AVERAGE ignores text in a range.

Of course, you should try to determine why the "times" are text. There are many possible reasons.

We cannot give a dispositive answer and remedy unless you upload an example Excel file (redacted) to a file-sharing website and post the public/share URL here.

Also, it would be helpful to know how the "times" were entered. For example, were they copy-and-pasted from a table in a webpage?
 
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