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How do I multiply a percentage

Hello,

I am trying to create a formula in Numbers and continue to get a syntax Error. So frustrating. Can anyone help

I have two cells...

B39 with $2800 in it.

I have tried

=B39x20%

=B39x.2

=(B39)x(.2)

and so on and so forth and I keep coming up with a syntax Error. Excel does this with no problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.... All want to do is multiply a number

Thanks, Joe

Mac Pro, iOS 6.1.4, 2x2.4Quad-Core,16GB RAM, OSX 10.8.4

Posted on Sep 2, 2015 4:48 PM

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Posted on Sep 2, 2015 7:24 PM

Jam,


the multiply operator on a computer (at least in excel, programming in C, perl python, Numbers, etc) is the asterisk ('*') not the letter 'x'


change:

=B39x20%

to

=B39*20%

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How do I multiply a percentage

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