Bob,

Yes, the cell is formatted as a percentage. I have tried changing the 1 to
a different number and when I do the result becomes some astranomical number
that makes no sense.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

It is a number, but I doubt it is random.

Is the cell formatted as percentage? I am thinking that the guy was able to
calculate a percentage for a particular case, but he wanted to know the 'not
case', so he subtracted it from 1 (1 - 40% gives 60%).

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"JWCardington" wrote in message
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JE,

Thank you for your quick reply. However I am still confused. is the 1 a
function of somekind or is it simply just a random number? In other words
what is the purpose of subtracting the value I38/C37 from 1?

"JE McGimpsey" wrote:

The first formula subtracts I38/C37 from 1 (note that the + is
superfluous)

The second formula subtracts SUM(I38:AK38)/SUM(C37:AE37) from 1.

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JWCardington wrote:

I have taken over a new position at work. This person who I replaced
had
created a worksheet that calculates revenue recovery for specific
units of
time then also calculates the aggregate revenue recovery over a period
of
multiples of these specific units of time. Below is an example of this
formula for the individual unit of time and one for the average over
multiple
units of time.

individual =1-(+I38/C37)
multiple =1-(SUM(I38:AK38)/SUM(C37:AE37))

My question is what does the 1- at the beinning of each of these
formulas
do? Is it a some type of function like the 3 (counts) or the 9 (sums)
do in
the below examples? If so what is its function?

=subtotal(3,a2:j2)
=subtotal(9,a2:j2)

Any help would be GREATLY Appreciated.

Thank you,
JWCardington