Check to see if cell is closer than another cell

I need to put a formula in cell H9 that does the following


if cell F9 is closer to cell G5 than cell F8 than = "Yes" else "NO"

Example:
G5 = 429
F8 = -696
F9= -200
Result = "YES"

Example:
G5 = 429
F8 = 431
F9= 418
Result = "NO"

Try this in H9:

=IF(ABS(G$5-F9)<ABS(G$5-F8),"yes","no")

Hope this helps.

Pete

Thank you so much. Pete and pjwhitfield worked in every trial.

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Pete

Thanks for the rep.

Pete