FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering

U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering

EGN 1041C Computational Tools for Engineers

Assignment 2
(Canvas Drop Box: Assignment 2)
Open a new EXCEL file and Save As: Assignment 2. Please do each problem on a separate
worksheet WITHIN a single EXCEL file. Rename each worksheet per the instructions below.

Question 1:
A pie chart is used to show how a complete entity is divided into parts. The data in the table below show
how the total cost of bringing a new product to market can be attributed to various aspects of the
development process. Rename the Worksheet as A2-1.

Costs associate with new product development

Category As Budgeted Actual
Research $1,200,000 $1,050,000
Patenting $87,000 $89,000
Development $1,600,000 $2,400,000
Legal $32,000 $104,000
Marketing $134,000 $85,000
Packaging $48,000 $36,000
TOTAL: $3,101,000 $3,764,000

The budgeted and actual costs associated with bringing a new product to market are listed in the
worksheet shown in the figure below. Create an Excel worksheet similar to the figure below that shows
the As Budgeted and Actual data values, and two pie charts, one for the “as budgeted” values (as shown)
and another for the “actual” values.

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Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering

Question 1 (continued):
The data shown in the figure above can also be plotted with a column chart (commonly called a
bar chart, but a bar chart is different in Excel). In the same Excel worksheet create column chart
for the data as shown in the figure below. A pie chart is used to show how costs are distributed,
whereas a column chart focuses attention on the differences between “as budgeted” and “actual”
costs for each category.

Question 2:
Perform an Internet search on “Travel Distances Between European Cities” and use the results to
complete the grid shown below. Be sure to include the following formatting features in your worksheet:
a) Large, bold title
b) Border around the distance grid
c) Center all headings and distance values
d) Adjust column widths to fit all headings

Rename the Worksheet as A2-2.

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Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering

Question 3:
Problem 2 on page 245. Rename the Worksheet as A2-3.

Question 4:
Problem 3 on page 245. Rename the Worksheet as A2-4.

Question 5:
Problem 5 on page 246. Rename the Worksheet as A2-5.

Question 6:
Problem 7 on page 246. Rename the Worksheet as A2-6.