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I have two columns of numbers. I want to write a formula that calculates the
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=(A1-B1)/A1

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I have two columns of numbers. I want to write a formula that calculates the
percent difference between the two numbers. Any assistance would be
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=(B2/A2)-1 and format as percentage.
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