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6 75 + 675 0
450 0 0
o r
675+6750
45000
Comp ou nd ca l c ul ations, howe v e r , mu st be e n te r ed very ca r e f u ll y :
6 75 + 675 0 / 45000 m i gh t be i nterpreted as
675 + 6 7 50 / 45000
F i ne , yo u d eci d e t o a ll oca t e 16 . 5% to the awa rd s pr esen t atio n .
Compound Calculations and Parentheses
Jn perform i ng t h e a b o v e ca l cu l a ti ons , yo u c ou ld hav e c om b ined severa l of these
op er a t i ons into o n e s t ep . For i n stance, yo u mi g h t h ave typed bot h t h ese ope r atio n s on
one li n e :
Inpu t D ispla y
Di vid in g by 450 00 g i ve s you t he p e rc e n t age of the total budg e t t h i s n e w fi gu re
represents:
7425 .
Di s p l ay
I npu t
Now you add this r es u lt to you r o rigin a l pres e nt a tion budget:
e z s . I
-675 . * -1
rn l . :- J en
c-- - .. - · -- --- -
Di s pla y
In put
Negative Numbers
Si n ce yo u want the aw a rd s dinner to be rea ll y specia l , yo u de c ide to stay w i th the
pla n n e d a g enda a n d s pend t he add iti o nal m oney. Howeve r , y o u won d er w hat
percentage o f th e t o t al b u dget will be us ed up by this it e m . First , c h ange the si gn of the
r emaining sum :
Us i ng a s a Calcul ator