a = Price of A; b = Price of B; x1 = Number of A at time 1; x2 = Number of A at time 2; y1 = Number of B at time 1; y2 = Number of B at time 2; k = Ratio of A to the total (A+B) V = value of your inventory = ax1 + by1 = ax2 + by2 (Note that ax2 + by2 contains only givens and no variables. Thus, V is a solvable constant.) k = x1/(x1+y1) Solving for y1, we get: y1 = ((1-k)/k)*x1 [formula for y1] Substituting into our V = ax1 + by1, we get: ax1 + b((1-k)/k)*x1 = V Thus, x1*(a + (b*(1-k))/k) = V We can simplify the coefficient of x1 to: x1*(ak+b-bk)/k = V Solving for x1, we get: x1 = kV/(ak+b-bk). We can substitute this solution for x1 into our y1 formula above: y1 = ((1-k)/k)*(kV/ak+b-bk). k can be simplified from the numerator and the denominator, so the formula for y1 = ((1-k)*V)/(ak+b-bk). Note that the denominators for x1 and y1 can be rearranged to [ka + (1-k)*b]. You will remember that k is the percentage of A to the total, so (1-k) is the percentage of B to the total. x1 = kV/(ak+b-bk) y1=(1-k)V/(ak+b-bk) This works for all generalizations of a,b,x2,y2, and k (k is a decimal value).