Help Please with %

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Trudat

Start with this =AVERAGE(B7:M7) = 6.87%
and this =AVERAGE(B15:M15) = 6.65%
=(N7-N15)/N7
= 3.19%

Ok What happens I get a different Answer if I hard code the Averages above


It should be 3.20% and on a blank sheet it works. My main question is can
the average Formula on each line cause
the error because if I use the formula without the averages and hard code the
% on each line then use =(N7-N15)/N7 I get 3.20%

Help me understand what I am doing wrong. Thank you in advance for any help.
 
B

Bob Phillips

It is probably because the values are not exactly 6.87 and 6.65, but you
have the display at 2 dec places. Increase the dec places and re-do the
calculation manually.

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Trudat said:
Start with this =AVERAGE(B7:M7) = 6.87%
and this =AVERAGE(B15:M15) = 6.65%
=(N7-N15)/N7
= 3.19%

Ok What happens I get a different Answer if I hard code the Averages above


It should be 3.20% and on a blank sheet it works. My main question is can
the average Formula on each line cause
the error because if I use the formula without the averages and hard code the
% on each line then use =(N7-N15)/N7 I get 3.20%

Help me understand what I am doing wrong. Thank you in advance for any
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help.
 
T

Trudat

Bob said:
It is probably because the values are not exactly 6.87 and 6.65, but you
have the display at 2 dec places. Increase the dec places and re-do the
calculation manually.
Start with this =AVERAGE(B7:M7) = 6.87%
and this =AVERAGE(B15:M15) = 6.65%
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Help me understand what I am doing wrong. Thank you in advance for any help.
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I did change it out to 8 and same totals. The strange part is I can make
this work when I put the values in with out the averages from the other lines.
 
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Trudat via OfficeKB.com

Trudat said:
It is probably because the values are not exactly 6.87 and 6.65, but you
have the display at 2 dec places. Increase the dec places and re-do the
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I did change it out to 8 and same totals. The strange part is I can make
this work when I put the values in with out the averages from the other lines.
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You were right . I had went out to 8 digits on each line but not the total
field. Once the total field was out to 8 digits the spread sheet was right.
The average was correct at 3.19% not 3.20% Thank you for the help.
 
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