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muddit

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Help me solve it without adding any helper cells or changing the structure

There are 8 cities in the country of Eight, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. Mr. Z decides to visit each city in his car starting from A. His planned itinerary is
A-->B-->C-->D-->E-->F-->G-->H.
The distance between the cities is given in Table I

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[TD="class: xl66, align: right"]850[/TD]
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Write a formula which takes the number of kms that Mr. Z has traveled from A as the input and displays the name of the city which is nearest to that point.


Mr. Z will enter the number of kms he has traveled from A in cell D30 and the name of the city nearest to the point will be displayed in E30
 

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