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This is probably a very easy question....

I have the following

cell D cell E
484 526

In cell F I want to show the difference in a percentage. I currently have
the following format
(D1-E10/D1 but it gives me a -9%....when it is actaully an
increase....what am I doing wrong?
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Default difference in percentange

Then you want:
=(E1-D1)/D1

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This is probably a very easy question....

I have the following

cell D cell E
484 526

In cell F I want to show the difference in a percentage. I currently
have
the following format
(D1-E10/D1 but it gives me a -9%....when it is actaully an
increase....what am I doing wrong?


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How about:

=(e1-d1)/d1



Caribbrz wrote:

This is probably a very easy question....

I have the following

cell D cell E
484 526

In cell F I want to show the difference in a percentage. I currently have
the following format
(D1-E10/D1 but it gives me a -9%....when it is actaully an
increase....what am I doing wrong?


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