One of the great advantages of ____ references is that you can quickly generate row and column totals without having to worry about revising the formulas as you copy them to new locations.

a.

cell

c.

absolute

b.

relative

d.

formula

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One of the great advantages of ____ references is that you can quickly generate row and column totals without having to worry about revising the formulas as you copy them to new locations.

a.

cell

c.

absolute

b.

relative

d.

formula

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The question is asking about a type of reference that makes it easy to generate row and column totals without reworking formulas as you copy them to new locations.
Option d. 'formula' is not a reference type; formulas themselves can be copied, but the statement is not about a reference style, so this option is not addressing the idea of automatic adjustment when copying.
Option b. 'relative' references refer to cells in a way that shifts when the formula is copied to another row or column. This is precisely what allows you to fill across a range and have totals update correctly without manually revising each formula, which aligns with the advantage described.
Option a. 'cell' references denotes a generic reference to a single cell, but the term 'cell reference' does not specify how it behaves when copied. Without specifying relative versus absolute, it’s ambiguous and does not guarantee automatic adjustment across a range of totals.
Option c. 'absolute' references lock the referenced cells so they do not change when the formula is copied. This defeats the goal of quickly generating row and column totals across different locations, since the references would stay fixed and require extra adjustments if you want sums of different rows/columns.
In summary, only relative references support the desired behavior of updating automatically as you copy formulas across rows and columns, enabling quick total generation without revising formulas. The other options either describe non-reference concepts, are too vague, or describe a reference type that prevents automatic adjustment when copying.

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