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    Unhappy Please Please Help Me New To Excel

    okay i'll do my best to ask this question. I have this spread sheet I've beentrying to figure out

    It has the number 5 in I6, then in J6 the formula =I6/10*21


    This spread sheet is to show us the current number of sales we have now and based on todays date what we are on pace to hit by the end of the month(Octobers projected sales finish)

    So, what I want to know is why does it say 10*21. I know that the "21" stands for the number of business days in the month (21 days in October), but what does the 10 represent???

    I looked at another spread sheet from last month, but it shows =I6/14*21

    why would the number before the * be different?? Im lost someon please emailme so I can forward it to you to explain. unless you can explain it now????

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    Re: Please Please Help Me New To Excel

    How could we possibly know if this is your worksheet? Perhaps 10% is the
    profit?
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    Anne Troy
    www.OfficeArticles.com

    "watcher422" <[email protected]> wrote
    in message news:[email protected]...
    >
    > okay i'll do my best to ask this question. I have this spread sheet
    > I've beentrying to figure out
    >
    > It has the number 5 in I6, then in J6 the formula =I6/10*21
    >
    >
    > This spread sheet is to show us the current number of sales we have now
    > and based on todays date what we are on pace to hit by the end of the
    > month(Octobers projected sales finish)
    >
    > So, what I want to know is why does it say 10*21. I know that the
    > "21" stands for the number of business days in the month (21 days in
    > October), but what does the 10 represent???
    >
    > I looked at another spread sheet from last month, but it shows
    > =I6/14*21
    >
    > why would the number before the * be different?? Im lost someon please
    > emailme so I can forward it to you to explain. unless you can explain
    > it now????
    >
    >
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    Re: Please Please Help Me New To Excel

    watcher422 wrote:
    > I have this spread sheet I've beentrying to figure out
    > It has the number 5 in I6, then in J6 the formula =I6/10*21
    >
    > This spread sheet is to show us the current number of
    > sales we have now and based on todays date what we are
    > on pace to hit by the end of the month(Octobers projected
    > sales finish)
    >
    > So, what I want to know is why does it say 10*21.
    > I know that the "21" stands for the number of business
    > days in the month (21 days in October), but what does
    > the 10 represent???


    I can only guess that the data in I6 (sales to date?)
    was as of the 10th sales day of the month. Thus, I6/10
    represents the number of sales per day. Multiplying by
    21 (number of sales days per month) gives expected total
    sales for the month, as you desire.

    > I looked at another spread sheet from last month,
    > but it shows =I6/14*21
    >
    > why would the number before the * be different??


    Based on my theory, I6 (sales to date) was as of the 14th
    sales day of that month.

    But please keep in mind that these are only wild guesses
    based on the objectives of the spreadsheet as you describe
    them. What you describe is a very remedial way to design
    the spreadsheet for that purpose. So I am suspicious of
    my own theory. It could very well be wrong.

    If you would like to know how to design a spreadsheet so
    that it is more general and easier to understand, I'm sure
    members of this newsgroup can help. Your requirements
    seem clear, and they are not very demanding.


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