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Default Negative numbers in easy formula getting me down...

how about

=(H33-N33)/abs(N33)

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I'm using a formula to calculate the % increase or decrease of some

numbers.
My formula is =(H33-N33)/N33. However, I have a negative number N33 so

the %
should be a positive because there was an increase but it's coming out a
negative. Why isn't this calculating N33 as a negative number?



 
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