What is the percentage

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Hi I have a value of (A) 642 and a value of (B) 385.20. The difference is
256.80 what formula would I use to find the percentage of value 256.80

Thank you
 
"All" about percentages in Excel:

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About percentages in Excel

Niek Otten, July 26 2006

In Excel, percentages are stored as fractions; 15% is stored as 0.15, 100%
as 1. That makes it easy to calculate with; just multiply a number with a
percentage and you get what you need. No need to divide/multiply by 100. In
fact, if you see a calculation with percentages which has the number 100
somewhere in the formula; be very careful, it might be wrong or at least use
percentages in a way they weren’t meant to be used in Excel.
The conversion to a fraction happens automatically if you enter the % sign:
if you enter “15%†(without the quotes) the value will be 0.15 and it will
be displayed as 15%. If you then enter 12 in the same cell, two things can
happen: It will be the number 12 or 12%. What happens in your case depends
on a setting:
Tools>Options, Edit tab, “Enable automatic percent entry†(only Excel2000
and newer).
All built-in functions of Excel and all the functions in Analysis Toolpak
use this representation of percentages: be careful when supplying parameters
to these functions; never use whole numbers (like 8), always use fractions
(like 0.08 or, even better, 8%).

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q:
I have A1 and B1. How do I get C1 to show B1 as a percentage of A1?
A:
Formula in C1: =B1/A1, Format as %

Q:
I have A1 and B1. How do I show the difference as a percentage in C1?
A:
As a percentage of A1: =(B1-A1)/A1, Format as %
As a percentage of B1: =(B1-A1)/B1, Format as %

Q:
In A1 I have he end price.
In B1 I have the VAT percentage, entered like 15%
What is the formula to find the base price, excluding VAT?
A:
=A1/(1+A2)

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israel said:
I have a value of (A) 642 and a value of (B) 385.20.
The difference is 256.80 what formula would I use
to find the percentage of value 256.80

If you want the percentage increase from 385.20 to 642, then:

=A1/B1 - 1

formatted as Percentage. You can also write =(A1-B1)/B1.

If you want the percentage decrease from 642 to 385.20, then:

=B1/A1 - 1

You can also write =(B1-A1)/A1.

If you want something else, it would help if you gave a numerical example as
you worked it out on paper; that is, "show your work".
 
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