Formula to breakdown original amount with two components to the pe

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I need a formula that will breakdown an original number with two components
into multiple components which then add up to the original. The example
below was generated with straight original x %, which ended up generating a
$0.01 difference. I need the broken up figures to add up to the orginal to
the penny. Thanks for your help!
$5,475.00 + $273.75 = $5,748.75
28.55% = $1,563.11 + $78.16 = $1,641.27
24.42% = $1,337.00 + $66.85 = $1,403.85
19.25% = $1,053.94 + $52.70 = $1,106.64
13.95% = $763.76 + $38.19 = $801.95
13.83% = $757.19 + $37.86 = $795.05

100.00%= $5,475.00 + $273.76 = $5,748.76 ($0.01 too much)
 
Then you'll have to round the intermediate results or the percentage.
If you format the cells to show more decimals, you'll see that they add up
perfectly to the right amount. But if you use, for example, 4.76199174%
to multiply with and you show only two decimals, they appear not to add up
correctly.
 
Thanks Niek. Unfortunately, I cannot utilize more than 2 decimal places as
the amounts represent dollars and cents that need to be split out to
different accounts, to which I cannot charge a fraction of a cent. I was
hoping to find a formula that would look at the all of the broken down
figures by component and round or adjust just one of them to reach the
desired total.
 
Calculate one of the figures, round to 2 decimals and subtract from the
original to get the second figure

If I don't seem to get what you rquire, explain what you're trying to
achieve in business terms, not Excel terms
 
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