For the Data Table in A15:B22, when selecting the Data Table option, what is cell E16 referred to?

A data table within excel is shown with a prototype off to the side. The data table in in a range of A15:B22 and shows the estimated wage costs of various hourly wages given a constant number of hours (detailed in a cell outside both the prototype and the data table. The prototype contains one of the values from the data table ($15) in cell E16 and uses it to calculate total expense with a percent based bonus.

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For the Data Table in A15:B22, when selecting the Data Table option, what is cell E16 referred to?

A data table within excel is shown with a prototype off to the side. The data table in in a range of A15:B22 and shows the estimated wage costs of various hourly wages given a constant number of hours (detailed in a cell outside both the prototype and the data table. The prototype contains one of the values from the data table ($15) in cell E16 and uses it to calculate total expense with a percent based bonus.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

When a Data Table lists its varying input values down a column (vertical list), the cell in the prototype that Excel replaces with each listed value is called the column input cell.

1) Relevant concepts
- Excel’s one-variable Data Table takes a single input cell and substitutes each value from the table into that input.  
- If the varying values are arranged vertically, you specify a Column input cell; if arranged horizontally, you specify a Row input cell.  
- The Data Table computes the formula that references the input cell for each substituted value.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- The data table range is A15:B22. Column A contains the hourly wages ($11, $12, $13, $14, $15, $16, $17) and column B shows the resulting Estimated Wage Cost. This is a vertical list of input values, so it’s a column-oriented one-variable table.  
- The prototype formula shown in the formula bar is =E16*G12 (E16 holds the hourly wage, G12 holds total hours). The cell E16 currently contains $15, which matches one value in the left column of the data table.  
- When the Data Table runs, it will take each wage from A15:A22 and substitute it into E16, then evaluate =E16*G12 to produce each corresponding result in B15:B22.

3) Calculation examples (intermediate steps)
- For $15: E16 ← 15; G12 = 200 (from the screenshot); result = 15 * 200 = 3,000 (matches table).  
- For $11: result = 11 * 200 = 2,200; for $17: result = 17 * 200 = 3,400, etc.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- Because the variable values appear down a column and Excel substitutes them into E16, E16 is the Column input cell.

5) Why the other option is incorrect
- “The row input cell” would apply only if the varying values were arranged across a row (horizontally). That is not the case here.

Conclusion: E16 is the column input cell, matching the provided correct answer.

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