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From: mothertucker on 14 Apr 2010 11:44 x is 80% of y and y is a portion of the total of z. How do you calculate z?
From: Russell Dawson on 14 Apr 2010 12:06 .. . . and a portion is . . . ? -- Russell Dawson Excel Student Please hit "Yes" if this post was helpful. "mothertucker" wrote: > x is 80% of y and y is a portion of the total of z. How do you calculate z?
From: Mike H on 14 Apr 2010 12:08 Hi, All you've told us is x=y/0.8 and that isn't sufficient information to solve for z -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "mothertucker" wrote: > x is 80% of y and y is a portion of the total of z. How do you calculate z?
From: Mike H on 14 Apr 2010 12:15 or more accurately x=y*0.8 -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "Mike H" wrote: > Hi, > > All you've told us is > > x=y/0.8 > > and that isn't sufficient information to solve for z > > -- > Mike > > When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that > introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the > question. > > > "mothertucker" wrote: > > > x is 80% of y and y is a portion of the total of z. How do you calculate z?
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