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    calculating percentage of loss

    Im tring to calculate the percentage of stock loss.
    In Cell A1 i have $50,000
    In Cell A2 i have $5,000 loss leaving me $45,000
    In Cell A3 i want to know the percent i have lost.

    Any help?
    Thanks guys
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    Re: calculating percentage of loss

    =(A2/A1)*100 formatted as percentage.

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    Re: calculating percentage of loss

    Thanks TM
    appreciate it

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    Re: calculating percentage of loss

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    Re: calculating percentage of loss

    Will Do
    Thanks for the info

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