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I have linear graph, real simple, "Y=X" I need to scale down my highest number '23' by multiplying it by .53.  I need all numbers between 23 and 0 to scale down as well but not by '.53'. They need to scale down less and less the lower the value gets, to when it gets to '1' it scales down only a small fraction. Hope this makes sence.

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You mean Y = 0.53X?  Multiplying the first column by 0.53 gives the second column.
23   12.19
22   11.66
21   11.13
20   10.6
19   10.07
18   9.54
17   9.01
16   8.48
15   7.95
14   7.42
13   6.89
12   6.36
11   5.83
10   5.3
9   4.77
8   4.24
7   3.71
6   3.18
5   2.65
4   2.12
3   1.59
2   1.06
1   0.53

This is probably not it, but I'll do it anyway.
If you mean the factor should increasee to 1 when it gets to 1,
here is a list of the number, the multiplier, and the result.
23   0.5300   12.1900
22   0.5514   12.1300
21   0.5727   12.0273
20   0.5941   11.8818
19   0.6155   11.6936
18   0.6368   11.4627
17   0.6582   11.1891
16   0.6795   10.8727
15   0.7009   10.5136
14   0.7223   10.1118
13   0.7436   9.6673
12   0.7650   9.1800
11   0.7864   8.6500
10   0.8077   8.0773
9   0.8291   7.4618
8   0.8505   6.8036
7   0.8718   6.1027
6   0.8932   5.3591
5   0.9145   4.5727
4   0.9359   3.7436
3   0.9573   2.8718
2   0.9786   1.9573
1   1.0000   1.0000
where this has a factor of 0.021363636 that is added on to get from the numer at n to n+1.

Perhapts the scale factor at 1 should be 0.1.
That gives us the number, the factor, and the result of multiplying the two:
23   0.5300   12.1900
22   0.5105   11.2300
21   0.4909   10.3091
20   0.4714   9.4273
19   0.4518   8.5845
18   0.4323   7.7809
17   0.4127   7.0164
16   0.3932   6.2909
15   0.3736   5.6045
14   0.3541   4.9573
13   0.3345   4.3491
12   0.3150   3.7800
11   0.2955   3.2500
10   0.2759   2.7591
9   0.2564   2.3073
8   0.2368   1.8945
7   0.2173   1.5209
6   0.1977   1.1864
5   0.1782   0.8909
4   0.1586   0.6345
3   0.1391   0.4173
2   0.1195   0.2391
1   0.1000   0.1000

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