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Old April 5th, 2010, 01:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
donnah1234
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hi i'm new to excel.
i need to know have to do a formula for percentage.
example:
total sales £22.50
i need to subtract 3.9% from total sales

any help would be great

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Old April 5th, 2010, 02:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Russell Dawson[_2_]
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Default percentage in excel

Hi there,

Welcome to Excel.

I'll take you through this step by step so you understand fully. We will
use three cells to complete your calculation.

In A1 in put 22.50. In B1 input 3.9. In C1 this is the formula which will
give you the total sales figure less 3.9%.

=A1-(A1*B1%)

It should be pretty self explanatory, but if not please ask again.

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"donnah1234" wrote:

hi i'm new to excel.
i need to know have to do a formula for percentage.
example:
total sales £22.50
i need to subtract 3.9% from total sales

any help would be great

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Old April 5th, 2010, 10:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
David Biddulph
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Default percentage in excel

=A1*(1-3.9%)
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hi i'm new to excel.
i need to know have to do a formula for percentage.
example:
total sales £22.50
i need to subtract 3.9% from total sales

any help would be great


 




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