What formula do I use to find a percentage change?

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buzy lizzy

I'm new to using Excel and I just need to find a formula to use that will
calculate a percentage change from one cell to another.
 
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JE McGimpsey

One way:

=(A2-A1)/A1

formatted as a percentage, which can be simplified to

=A2/A1 - 1

also formatted as a percentage.
 
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Janie

Hi Litty
I am rally trying but no luck. what is the percentage?
E6 F6 =% difference of those two below?
1.06 0.98 =SUM(E6:F6)
 
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