Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 36
Default Calculating the difference between 2 percentages (Ratios)

I would like to express the percent difference change between 2 Ratios
(expressed as percents), and the divisor is negative. for example:

18.40 / -28.27

expressed as a ratio the result should be: 1.65

My calculation yields .65 which I know isn't correct.

Thanks for your help

Sony
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,059
Default Calculating the difference between 2 percentages (Ratios)

"Stilltrader47" wrote:
for example:
18.40 / -28.27
expressed as a ratio the result should be: 1.65


I'm not sure, but I think you want:

=(A2 - A1) / ABS(A1)

where A1 contains -28.27, and A2 contains 18.40.

Try the formula with different combinations of negative and positive numbers
to be sure it truly works for you. Your problem description is not clear
enough to me for me to be sure.

(I prefer to pairs of numbers where the expected results are obvious by
inspection, e.g. +/- 100 and zero.)


----- original message -----

"Stilltrader47" wrote in message
...
I would like to express the percent difference change between 2 Ratios
(expressed as percents), and the divisor is negative. for example:

18.40 / -28.27

expressed as a ratio the result should be: 1.65

My calculation yields .65 which I know isn't correct.

Thanks for your help

Sony


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Calculating ratios: Is there a formula that can do this? dshadrock Excel Worksheet Functions 2 February 6th 09 04:05 PM
Excel Help Please Ratios & Percentages Six Sigma Blackbelt Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2 October 13th 06 03:27 PM
Excel Help Please Ratios & Percentages Six Sigma Blackbelt Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 0 October 13th 06 02:54 PM
Excel Help Please Ratios & Percentages Six Sigma Blackbelt Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 0 October 13th 06 02:54 PM
Excel Help Please Ratios & Percentages Six Sigma Blackbelt Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 0 October 13th 06 02:54 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:07 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"