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PROJECT STEPS

Lael Masterson works in the Student Activities Office at Valerian State College in

Illinois. Lael has started compiling information on students who are interested

in helping run student organizations at Valerian State, and she needs your help

completing the workbook.

Switch to the Student Representatives worksheet. In cell E$2,$ enter a formula

using the HLOOKUP function as follows to determine a student's potential base

hourly rate $($which is based on the number of years of post$-$secondary$.$

education$)$:

a$.$ Use a structured reference to look up the value in the Post$-$Secondary Years

column. Retrieve the value in the $2$ nd row of the table in the range

P$13$:U$14,$ using an absolute reference. Because base hourly rate is tiered

based on the number of years of education, find an approximate match.

b$.$ Fill the formula into the range E$3$:E$31,$ if necessary,

Student organizations sometimes require transportation for off$-$campus activities,

and school policy requires students to be over $23$ years old to serve as

transport.

Lael wants to determine how many of the active students will be eligible to

transport other group members. In cell J$2,$ enter a formula using the IF

function and structured references as follows to determine if Kay Colbert can

serve as authorized trans