[mso] Re: Help with Excel file
- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:55:45 -0500
Hi Karen. I downloaded your file and I see what's happening. Though what
you SEE in cell H2 is 6.29 and what you SEE in cell Q2 is 5.39, this is not
what is actually there.
Because you have cells H2 and Q2 set to only show two decimal places, you
aren't seeing the actual picture....I changed those cells to show nine
decimal places and here's what I see
H2 is 6.28933333 and Q2 is 5.393939394, so if you perform the formula like
this:
(6.28933333-5.393939394)/6.28933333, the answer is 0.142367067, which, when
displayed with two decimal places, shows as 0.1424, or when formatted as a
percent, gives you14.24%
Try this instead
=((ROUND(H2,2))-(ROUND(Q2,2)))/(ROUND(H2,2))
This rounds H2 and Q2 off to two digits BEFORE it performs the calculation,
then format this cell as a percent and you will get 14.31% which is way
closer to what you want.
Hope this helps.
Linda
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Karen Willingham
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:27 PM
To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [mso] Help with Excel file
Why is this not working?
Heading -------------------------------------> 6% Margin
In Store Margin
answerer excel come up with------------------> 14.24%
22.83%
formula used -------------------------------->(H2-Q2)/H2
(I2-Q2)/I2
here the numbers and answer it should be ---->(6.29-5.39)/6.29=.1430 14.30%
(6.99-5.39)/6.99=.2288 22.88%
I uploaded the file on Smart Groups if you have time please take a look. It
is called Help.xls in the PROBLEM FILES folder.
Thanks
Karen
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