Learning Objective:

This assignment is designed to introduce you to Spreadsheets using MS Excel. For this assignment, you will upload your Excel file to Sakai so that it can be accessed by just clicking on the file's link. The main topics exercised in this assignment are: formulas, formatting and charting.

Requirements :

Caterpillar spreadsheet

1. Complete the missing information (yellow cells) with the following accounting formulas:

a) Gross Profit: Total Revenue minus Cost of Revenue.

b) Total Operating Expenses: The sum of Research Development plus Selling General and Administrative plus Non Recurring plus Others.

c) Operating Income or Loss: Gross Profit minus Total Operating Expenses.

d) Earnings Before Interest and Taxes: Operating Income or Loss plus Total Other Income/Expenses Net. (Note: The / symbol is just part of the expression Income/Expenses.)

e) Income Before Tax: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes minus Interest Expense.

2. Create the following charts:

a) 3D Clustered Column Chart: Include Gross Profit and Total Operating Expenses for the three years available. Move the chart to its own spreadsheet, name it Column Chart. Apply Chart Style 3 and Layout 1.

b) 3D Pie Chart: Include the Income Before Tax data for the three years available. Relocate the chart so that it fits in the area G9:J18. Apply Chart Style 2 and Layout 3.

c) Line chart: Include Interest Expense and Income Tax Expense for the years 2013 and 2015. Move the chart to its own worksheet naming it Line Chart. Apply Chart Style 5 and Layout 2.

Trip spreadsheet

A businessperson needs to travel through five states for five days. Complete the missing cells (yellow cells) by creating appropriate formulas with the information provided. Tips apply to Meals ($) and Lodging ($) only while taxes apply to Total gas ($), Meals ($) and Lodging ($). Tips and Taxes have different rates for each State.

The Total Cost row should add up the items from Total Gas ($) through Taxes ($) for each State and Day. The total column simply adds up the values for their respective rows.

Apply the following cell styles: Total style to the Total Cost row items, Accent 1 to the headings on row 3, 40% Accent 3 style to the headings on row 4, Accent 5 style to the labels on column C.

Also apply Accounting number format to the $ denominated values inside the main table - include the Total Cost and Price per gallon values - and set their number of decimals to 2.

Formulas spreadsheet

Enter a formula in the cells indicated - yellow background using the formulas listed below.

1. Surface area of a cone: PI x r x sqrt(r^2 + h^2)

2. Displacement: v x t - (1 / 2) x a x t^2

3. Escape velocity: sqrt(2 x g x m / r)

3. Monthly payment of a loan: L x (r x (1 + r)^n) / ((1 + r)^n - 1)

5. Present value of a future amount: F / (1 + r)^n

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