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In this lesson you will learn:
1. What is the rate formula and how to structure data to calculate rate easily
2. Why use the rate per 100,000 formula when we work with COVID-19 statistics
3. How to use the rate function in Google Sheets.
Tegan Bedser
Tegan Bedser is a project manager for training and editorial projects at Media Hack Collective (MHC).
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