Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 Your Boss in the Human

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 Your boss in the human resources department asks you to write a function that calculates the length of time that employees have been with the firm, using the DATEDIF function. Assume that C2 contains the hire date for a given employee and that cell $AE$2 contains the cut-off date against which to compare the hire date to determine length of service. For a separate service recognition program, you need to calculate the length of service in complete years. What is the correct formula?

• A)=DATEDIF(C2, $AE$2, "yr")
• B)=DATEDIF($AE$2, C2, "year")
• C)=DATEDIF($AE$2, C2, "yr")
• D)=DATEDIF(C2, $AE$2, "y")

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