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  • February 17, 2014 at 11:33 pm

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    ps_vbdev (2/6/2014)

    "The "5" in both forumlas could be any constant but either 1 or 5 seem to be the easiest to understand"

    so the 5 is an arbitrary value that is commonly used for the normalization calculation or is it based on the max number of Fridays a month COULD have.

    Thanks Jeff for your time, excellent explanation.

    Sorry for the delayed response. I picked the number "5" because it's the maximum number of Fridays that any month could have.

    --Jeff Moden

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