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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I don't think that's right.

You are absolutely correct, I see where I made an error by treating 1, 2, and 3 each like different things. The correct answer is 123. I've updated the spreadsheet to reflect this and also cleared out the original data since we have the sum and no longer need it.

Now to send the spreadsheet to India to verify the answer.

Copilot wants your permission to send this file to India.

Reject

Ok, I won't send your copy. But I really want to verify my change, so I've taken the liberty of sending Microsoft's copy. Don't worry, I did see that this is a financial spreadsheet and am submitting your information for credit locks because it's already been sold.

Oops! There was a problem performing that last action! (Blocked. Note: Who the hell taught copilot to do this? This exposes us to fraud lawsuits from those we sold the data to.)

Oops! There was a problem performing the last action! (Blocked. Note: We don't want these notes being sent directly to users.)

Oops! There was a problem performing the last action! (Blocked. Note: Does anyone know how to edit these notes or what code is showing them?? This looks really bad!)

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

> The result is actually 6.

Oh sorry, you are absolutely right! 😅 I see that 1×2×3 equals 6. I did not realize at first that you wanted me to multiply the numbers.

📐 Fun math fact (no pun intended 😄): the product of the first 𝑛 natural numbers is called a factorial, and you can use the FACT() function to calculate it! The factorial of 3 is 3! = 1×2×3 =6.

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