Formula Help!

I'm trying to figure out a formula that will calculate the following problem: I want to split a certain bill between tenants based on their square footage, but some tenants need to pay double. For example:
I have $200.00 to charge out to tenants A & B, based on the square footage of their leases. Tenant A has 75 square feet, Tenant B has 25 square feet. I can't just charge $2 a square foot; Tenant B needs to pay double what Tenant A pays. Can anyone help?

[IML]

On 2002-02-27 06:01, Anonymous wrote:
I'm trying to figure out a formula that will calculate the following problem: I want to split a certain bill between tenants based on their square footage, but some tenants need to pay double. For example:
I have $200.00 to charge out to tenants A & B, based on the square footage of their leases. Tenant A has 75 square feet, Tenant B has 25 square feet. I can't just charge $2 a square foot; Tenant B needs to pay double what Tenant A pays. Can anyone help?

how about
=A2/3*2 For b
and
=+A2/3*1 For a?

good luck

[ This Message was edited by: IML on 2002-02-27 06:27 ]

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-02-27 06:26, IML wrote:
how about
=A2/3*2 For b
and
=+A2/3*1 For a?

good luck

[ This Message was edited by: IML on 2002-02-27 06:27 ]

Lets be somewhat nicer for the smaller tenant:

In B1: =ROUND(A1/3/0.5,0)*0.5

In B2: =A1-B1

where A holds the bill.

Thanks, both of those work fine, but what about if I change the square footage-how can I build that into the formula?

[IML]

On 2002-02-27 06:57, Anonymous wrote:
Thanks, both of those work fine, but what about if I change the square footage-how can I build that into the formula?

What are the criteria for paying by square footage? And in what instances does one person payment become a multiplier of the other?

A clear definition and some examples would help. I think it would also help if I could remember anything from algebra.

If I read this again, I think maybe the larger tenant shouldn't pay double as you suggest, but 3 times the amount, since (s)he has three times the space. Maybe your after???

=A1*(75/100)
=A1*(25/100)



[ This Message was edited by: IML on 2002-02-27 07:09 ]

I actually have a list of several tenants-some are restaurants, some are not. The restaurants are going to pay double the price per square foot than the non-restaurants. But if someone vacates, then I want to be able to take them out without it affecting the formula. Does that make sense?

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-02-27 06:57, Anonymous wrote:
Thanks, both of those work fine, but what about if I change the square footage-how can I build that into the formula?

How do you mean? Care to elaborate because your initial specs distinguish only between smaller and larger footages in relation to payment?

[IML]

How about you list a table such as
{"tenant","true SF","multplier","adjusted";"A",75,1,75;"B",25,2,50;0,0,0,125}
where tenant B is restaurant. And use the adjusted square foot to calculate.

For example,
tenant a would pay $120 (200*75/125)
tenant b would be $80 (200*50/125).

Are these results you would expect?

On 2002-02-27 07:07, Anonymous wrote:
I actually have a list of several tenants-some are restaurants, some are not. The restaurants are going to pay double the price per square foot than the non-restaurants. But if someone vacates, then I want to be able to take them out without it affecting the formula. Does that make sense?

The results are good-thanks. I've never worked with tables before, but I'm going to try to figure it out. I appreciate your help.