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I have 2 figures, 1 I want to add 7.5% to it and get the total, the 2nd
figure I want to subtract 7.5% and get the total. Have totally forgotten
how to do percentages.

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.


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A B
1 X
2 =1.075*A1
3 =0.925*A1

Or, if you wanted to apply a variable percentage in cell B1:

2 =(1+B1)*A1
3 =(1-B1)*A1

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I have 2 figures, 1 I want to add 7.5% to it and get the total, the 2nd
figure I want to subtract 7.5% and get the total. Have totally forgotten
how to do percentages.

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.



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I believe this:

=A1 + (A1*.075)
=A2 - (A2*.075)

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I have 2 figures, 1 I want to add 7.5% to it and get the total, the 2nd
figure I want to subtract 7.5% and get the total. Have totally forgotten
how to do percentages.

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.



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