The best way to do this is by converting your data to an Excel table. Select your data range (A1:E11), press Ctrl + T, and click OK. Excel names it something like "Table1"; in my case, it's Table3, ...

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Here's how Excel processes that request. First, the SORT function arranges the entire table by sales amount in descending order. Then, the DROP function takes that sorted list and removes the top five ...