Hi
You can use it both ways, as per sample.
=ABS(0.935*25%-0.935) or =ABS(A1*25%-A1)
HTH
John
"gma" wrote in message
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i'm sorry i dont understand do i write the formula like this:
=(A1*25%)-A1? or something different?

"gma" wrote:

when i doing a calucation, =.933 x 25% = .233 minus .933 i get a minus
sign
in front of the result. how can i do the calucation and remove the "-"
sign?
this is throwing all the other cells off.