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I know this is probably simple but I am new to excel and have been going
crazy here. I am doing spread sheet for feedback on jobs I have quoted. There is my price (A) and my competitors price (B). I need to know the difference (C) % + or -. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 % Answer 2 $101,510 $102,810 % Answer -- Thanks! |
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format your cell as % and increase decimal points to where you want to see
something like =(a1-b1)/a1 should work for what you are trying to do "mahlandj" wrote: I know this is probably simple but I am new to excel and have been going crazy here. I am doing spread sheet for feedback on jobs I have quoted. There is my price (A) and my competitors price (B). I need to know the difference (C) % + or -. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 % Answer 2 $101,510 $102,810 % Answer -- Thanks! |
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I tried that but am getting two different answers. No mater which cell is
high or low the answer should be the same. Here are the examples: I tried with this formula =(a1-b1)/a1 A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.54% 2 $43,111 $45,161 -4.76% It should read the same like below. This is what I need a formula for. It should always figure out how much of a % to get from the low # to the high #. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.76% 2 $43,111 $45,161 4.76% -- Thanks! "pmartglass" wrote: format your cell as % and increase decimal points to where you want to see something like =(a1-b1)/a1 should work for what you are trying to do "mahlandj" wrote: I know this is probably simple but I am new to excel and have been going crazy here. I am doing spread sheet for feedback on jobs I have quoted. There is my price (A) and my competitors price (B). I need to know the difference (C) % + or -. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 % Answer 2 $101,510 $102,810 % Answer -- Thanks! |
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"mahlandj" wrote:
No mater which cell is high or low the answer should be the same. Here are the examples: [....] A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.76% 2 $43,111 $45,161 4.76% If that's what you truly want, then: =MAX(A1,B1)/MIN(A1,B1) - 1 formatted as Percentage. But I question whether that should be what you want. It can be misleading, depending on how you intend to use those numbers. ----- original message ----- "mahlandj" wrote: I tried that but am getting two different answers. No mater which cell is high or low the answer should be the same. Here are the examples: I tried with this formula =(a1-b1)/a1 A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.54% 2 $43,111 $45,161 -4.76% It should read the same like below. This is what I need a formula for. It should always figure out how much of a % to get from the low # to the high #. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.76% 2 $43,111 $45,161 4.76% -- Thanks! "pmartglass" wrote: format your cell as % and increase decimal points to where you want to see something like =(a1-b1)/a1 should work for what you are trying to do "mahlandj" wrote: I know this is probably simple but I am new to excel and have been going crazy here. I am doing spread sheet for feedback on jobs I have quoted. There is my price (A) and my competitors price (B). I need to know the difference (C) % + or -. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 % Answer 2 $101,510 $102,810 % Answer -- Thanks! |
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The results in your first table are correct.
If you invest $100 in the stock market, and suffer a 50% loss, you have $50 left. But to get back to what you started with, you need a 100% gain. This is the way percentages work. If you truly want the results in your second table, you need the following formula: =(max(a1,b1)-min(a1,b1))/min(a1,b1) Regards, Fred "mahlandj" wrote in message ... I tried that but am getting two different answers. No mater which cell is high or low the answer should be the same. Here are the examples: I tried with this formula =(a1-b1)/a1 A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.54% 2 $43,111 $45,161 -4.76% It should read the same like below. This is what I need a formula for. It should always figure out how much of a % to get from the low # to the high #. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 4.76% 2 $43,111 $45,161 4.76% -- Thanks! "pmartglass" wrote: format your cell as % and increase decimal points to where you want to see something like =(a1-b1)/a1 should work for what you are trying to do "mahlandj" wrote: I know this is probably simple but I am new to excel and have been going crazy here. I am doing spread sheet for feedback on jobs I have quoted. There is my price (A) and my competitors price (B). I need to know the difference (C) % + or -. A B C 1 $45,161 $43,111 % Answer 2 $101,510 $102,810 % Answer -- Thanks! |
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