Formula

Hi Sophie

Thank you for your post and welcome to the forum.

The two formulas you have written would give you different results, therefore they are not the same.

In a formula with brackets, things inside the brackets are calculated first, then if there is multiplication or division this is done next; and lastly addition or subtraction.

In the first formula you've written, B5*1.5 is done first (multiplication) then B3 and B4 would be added to this.

In the second formula, B3 and B4 would be added first, then B5 would be multiplied by 1.5, then the results of these two separate calcuations would be added together.

Amanda