Formula explanation please!!!

Rasec

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<TABLE style="WIDTH: 388pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=518><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 225pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 10971" width=300><COL style="WIDTH: 80pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3913" width=107><COL style="WIDTH: 83pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4059" width=111><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 225pt; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14 width=300>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2012
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 80pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 width=107></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 83pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl269 width=111 align=right>58.3%</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2013</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl271 align=right>100.0%</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2027</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl270 align=right>41.7%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Formula:
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 778pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=1036><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 450pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 10971" width=600><COL style="WIDTH: 161pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3913" width=214><COL style="WIDTH: 167pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4059" width=222><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 450pt; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14 width=600>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2012</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 161pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 width=214></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 167pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl269 width=222>=VLOOKUP($C$12,$A$19:$D$43,3)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2013</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl271>=VLOOKUP($C$12,$A$19:$D$43,4)</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 10.5pt" height=14><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 10.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268 height=14>% operating year ended 31 Jan 2027</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl268></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl270>=2-C45-C46</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Question: could someone explain how they are arriving at (41.7%). I don't understand 2-58.3%-100% = 41.7%

THANK YOU KINDLY!
 

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