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A simple percentage? How does one add a percentage to a number? If I have 100 and I want to add 15% and get a total, what formula would I use?

How does one add a percentage to a number? If I have 100 and I want to add 15% and get a total, what formula would I use?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 13, 2012 4:13 AM

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Posted on Apr 13, 2012 4:44 AM

You can do something like this:

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D2=B2*(1+C2/100)


this means in the cell D2 type the following "=B2*(1+C2/100)"... leave out the double quotes

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A simple percentage? How does one add a percentage to a number? If I have 100 and I want to add 15% and get a total, what formula would I use?

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