This guide will walk you through the three primary what-if analysis tools in Excel: Scenarios, Goal Seek, and Data Tables, along with additional tools like the Solver add-in.

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.

Excel is incredibly powerful when your data is complete, but what happens when you need to solve for unknown variables? Enter Goal Seek and the Solver add-in, two tools that let Excel do the heavy ...

Solve Equations in Excel using Solver Add-in Solver Add-in is a powerful and useful tool of Excel which performs calculations to give the optimal solutions meeting the specified criteria.

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The Solver add-in is included by default in Microsoft Excel. You only need to activate it to load it. Learn how to load Solver add-in in Excel if it is not showing.