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    Unhappy formula for true/false tolerance percent

    Hi everyone I am new here and could use some help.

    Here is what I am looking for:

    I need to be able to get a true/false from a tolerance percent.

    Here is an example of what I am trying to do

    cell a2 is Nitrogen
    cell b2 is (Known gas%) 2.4800%
    cell c2 is (unknown gas%) 2.4963%
    cell d2 is =b2-c2 and I get the answer no trouble there. what I need is to take the answer in cell d2 and set a plus/minus 2% tolerance in cell f2 and get a true/false comparison.

    I hope that made some kind of sence Thanks in advance for any help.

    Geeve
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    Re: Need formula help

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    Re: formula for true/false tolerance percent

    Try this formula in D2 or F2, wherever, you don't need to see the % to get the TRUE/FALSE answer:

    =ABS(C2-B2)<0.02
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    Re: formula for true/false tolerance percent

    Quote Originally Posted by JBeaucaire View Post
    Try this formula in D2 or F2, wherever, you don't need to see the % to get the TRUE/FALSE answer:

    =ABS(C2-B2)<0.02

    Works great!! Thanks alot!

    Also sorry for the original title of the thred, Had my boss all over me and was in a hurry to try to get this figured out. Thanks again

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    Re: formula for true/false tolerance percent

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