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| seen | Jun 18 '12 at 23:15 | |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? lol, this was settled a while ago, the problem is when you have live clients telling you the calculation should return a certain result when in fact it should return something else. I am being told it should return 517.50 and on here the consensus answer is 496.8 |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? Ok, I get your point about the 1.2 and I understand that I can do (690)(0.9)(0.95)(0.8), but wouldn't this remove 5% from 621 and not 690. I guess what I am trying to get at is how do handle it when I have a mixture of compound and non-compound percentages. |
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Apr 5 |
accepted | What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? Also, what is wrong with 690 * 0.9 and then 621 / 1.2 = 517.5? |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? How does the calculation differ if there are more than 2 percentages 2 remove? For example, my starting value is 690 and in the following order I need to remove 10% non-compound, 20% compound, and another 5% non-compound. I have to do it in this order, I can't remove the non-compounds first |
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Apr 5 |
asked | What is the difference between the 2 ways to remove percentages? |
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Apr 27 |
accepted | What is wrong with this simple equation? |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? added 2 characters in body |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? added 482 characters in body |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? @Arturo, I have mentioned the purpose, input and desired output, but if you need clarification, I will update my post |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? added 654 characters in body |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? Arturo, using your first equation above, I will update my post and show you how my how my program is calculating it. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? @Arturo, I thought 136.1615 looked funny. I appreciate the help, I will look at your post if I have a question, I will add a comment under it. Again, sorry to be a real pain. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? Arturo, I would put +3, but I have to assume the person entering the data might put a -2 and a +5 instead of a +3. Maybe they don't realize that they can combine it and maybe they do. But whether they put +3 or (-2 + 5), I have that part calculating correct. In my program, I am adding them to get +3. The part that is throwing me off is removing the +3% non-compound percent to get back to 100. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? continued from my last comment. I have learned a great deal already, although I am not as good in math. Someday I will get better. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? Arturo, you are correct. I was just setting up test data. I have updated my post to indicate that I just know the final value and the percentages and flat amounts that were added or subtracted and I want to get back to the initial amount without knowing the original amount. You are correct about the mathematical. My math is not as good, so that is why I am asking all these questions in a flurry. What I meant is that I sort of understand and when I implement my program it works fine, but when I add another adjustment to it, my program fails. I can assure you this though.... |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? More detail |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? There is certain data that I am only given, I will update my post so it is more clear. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? @Arturo, regarding your question about adding 5 and subtracting, instead of just adding 3. You are correct, this is what should be done, but I don't set these values up, someone else does, so I have no idea if they would put +3 or -2 and +5. I have to assume they will put the worst case scenario. |
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Apr 22 |
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What is wrong with this simple equation? Arturo, I understand from a formula mathematical standpoint. The problem is that I am trying to put this write a program that will automatically calculate this for me. Stackoverflow can't really help me because they don't know the mathematical formula. All my other questions dealt with either just compounding, non-compounding, only flat amounts, but when I mix them, I get into trouble. |
