>Robert:
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> ABS(12-14) = 2, but what percent is 2 of the two numbers?
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>What is your context?
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>In general the percentage is measure as follows:
> 100% * ( Final Value - Original Value ) / Original Value
>A positive value represents an increase in value.
>A negative value represents a decrease in value.
>You do have to check that Original Value is not 0.
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>There may be another way to calculate the percentage in some specific context and I do believe I heard about one when I was taking a class in Game Theory, but these are for very specialized situations.
>
>Daniel
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ok - thanks...:)