Divide both sides of the input by 1000000000, as
=2121100000000/1000000000 for debt in A1, will display as 2121.1,
=295622256/1000000000 for population in B1 will display as .295622256

In C1 put =A1/B1 and still get 7175.035

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"cabe88" <cabe88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> That's not the question. 2121.1 refers to billions, population is single
> digits. Excel will not accept 2121.1 as a number, it hates punctuation.
>
> "Biff" wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > A1 = debt amount
> > A2 = population
> >
> > =A1*10^9/A2
> >
> > 7175.03
> >
> > Biff
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Need to know percapita consumer debt. Debt amount is
> > 2121.1 billions,
> > >population is 295,622,256. How would I enter equation?
> > >.
> > >
> >