Excel can solve equations through several of its mathematical functions, but the single Excel tool that works on the largest variety of equations is the program's Solver Add-in.

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The Solver add-in for Microsoft Excel is one of the most important, so we can understand the frustrations when users cannot get it to work as they hope. In older versions of Excel, folks had to ...

Learn how 5 powerful Excel functions can enhance data analysis, financial modeling, and reporting with practical solutions.

Excel can solve for unknown variables, either for a single cell with Goal Seek or multiple cells with Solver.

The popular Solver for Excel add-on has been redeveloped for Excel 2008 by Frontline Systems and Microsoft.

From lookup functions to multi-part formulas, I wish I knew about these Excel formulas earlier because they make me feel like a data wizard whenever I use them.