Percent Of Total - HP -18C Owner's Manual

Percent of Total
You can calculate anyone of the three values if you know the other
two.
1. To display the
% TOTL
(percent of total) menu from the
MAIN
menu, press
~ ,
then
fImII .
Figure 3-2. The %TOTL Menu
1
123.200.00
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2. Store each of the values you know by keying in the number and
pressing the appropriate menu key.
3. Press the menu key for the value you want to calculate. The an-
swer is displayed on the calculator line.
Example: Calculating the percent of total. Part 1. Total assets for
Evett Company are $675,840. The firm has inventories of $234,576.
What percentage of total assets is inventory?
Part 2. Last year, Evett Company incurred salary expenses that were
45% of operating expenses. If operating expenses were $76,249, what
were salary expenses?
Starting from the
MAIN
menu:
Keys: Display:
675840
11!1111
TOTAL=675, 840 . 00
Description:
Displays the
%
TOTL
menu.
Clears the history stack
and the
%
TOTL
variables.
Stores $675,840 in
TOTAL.
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