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David Biddulph[_2_] David Biddulph[_2_] is offline
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Default formula not calculating right

I don't know how arithmetic works in your country, but in the normal world:
=100-(100*10%)*2
=100-10*2
=80

What did you want to calculate if it wasn't
=A3-(A3*C3)*B3 ?
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David Biddulph

"Marilyn" wrote in message
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Hello in excel 2002
list price Units Discount Price
100 2 10.00% 80.00
columns a b c d consecutively.
this the formula I have in column D =A3-(A3*C3)*B3 result should be
180.00 . I get 80.00 How do I correct the formula ?
thanks in advance