HP 17bII+ - Manual (Page 51)

3: Percentage Calculations in Business 51
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90000   Stores 90,000 in OLD.
95000   Stores 95,000 in NEW.
  Calculates percent
change.
What would this year’s sales have to be to show a 12% increase from
last year? OLD remains 90,000, so you don’t have to key it in again.
Just enter %CH and ask for NEW.
12
  Stores 12 in %CH.
  Calculates the value 12%
greater than 90,000.
Percent of Total (%TOTL)
Example. Total assets for your company are $67,584, The firm has
inventories of $23,457. What percentage of total assets is inventory?
You will be supplying values for TOTAL and PART and calculating %T.
This takes care of all three variables, so there is no need to use
c
to remove old data.
Keys: Display: Description:
   Displays %TOTL menu.
67584   Stores $67,584 in TOTAL.
23457   Stores $23,457 in PART.
  Calculates percent of
total.