Incorrect. 0.15 is NOT 15% of 4,000 That's why I gave you the more complete expression for percent, which is: (a/100)* b "b" is the value for which you want to calculate percent "a/100" expresses the proportion of b which you seek. nk On Nov 28, 2005, at 5:14 AM, Kuestner, Bjoern wrote: > > But it is wrong to say that "15% is *not* always 0.15". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20051128/5d09de40/attachment.html