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Old January 4th, 2010, 03:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
cONfUSEd LADY
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HI, MY PROBLEM IS THAT I NEED TO TAKE OFF 20% OF A SUM OF AN AMOUNT
EXAMPLE:
THIS IS THE SUM FORMULA =SUM(C1:C15)
BUT WHEN I PUT =SUM(C1:C15) - 20% DONT MAKE ME THE CORRECT RESULT
SUPOSSED TO THE SUM IS EQUAL TO $22.01 THE CORRECT 20% OF IS $4.40, BUT WHEN
I PUT THE FORMULA =SUM(C1:C15) - 20% THE RESULT THAT EXCEL GAVE ME WAS $
21.81 THAT'S NOT CORRECT THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS $17.60, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF
IM MAKING A WRONG FORMULA OR PLEASE TELL ME WHAT KING OF FORMULA I NEED TO
USE.

THANKS
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Old January 4th, 2010, 03:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
evilthorne
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Default FORMULA HELP

=SUM(C1:C15)*(1-20%)

"cONfUSEd LADY" wrote:

HI, MY PROBLEM IS THAT I NEED TO TAKE OFF 20% OF A SUM OF AN AMOUNT
EXAMPLE:
THIS IS THE SUM FORMULA =SUM(C1:C15)
BUT WHEN I PUT =SUM(C1:C15) - 20% DONT MAKE ME THE CORRECT RESULT
SUPOSSED TO THE SUM IS EQUAL TO $22.01 THE CORRECT 20% OF IS $4.40, BUT WHEN
I PUT THE FORMULA =SUM(C1:C15) - 20% THE RESULT THAT EXCEL GAVE ME WAS $
21.81 THAT'S NOT CORRECT THE CORRECT AMOUNT IS $17.60, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF
IM MAKING A WRONG FORMULA OR PLEASE TELL ME WHAT KING OF FORMULA I NEED TO
USE.

THANKS

 




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