It is probably because the values are not exactly 6.87 and 6.65, but you
have the display at 2 dec places. Increase the dec places and re-do the
calculation manually.

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Bob Phillips

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"Trudat" <u18243@uwe wrote in message news:5b241dbf211c2@uwe...
Start with this =AVERAGE(B7:M7) = 6.87%
and this =AVERAGE(B15:M15) = 6.65%
=(N7-N15)/N7
= 3.19%

Ok What happens I get a different Answer if I hard code the Averages above


It should be 3.20% and on a blank sheet it works. My main question is can
the average Formula on each line cause
the error because if I use the formula without the averages and hard code
the
% on each line then use =(N7-N15)/N7 I get 3.20%

Help me understand what I am doing wrong. Thank you in advance for any
help.