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Auto Goal Seek?

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    Auto Goal Seek?

    I've got a fairly simple algebra equation that I've set up and solved in the attached spreadsheet by using goal seek. The red cells are the value of x (0.3) and the value of the whole equation (0).

    Here's the equation:

    0 = (0.7*300) + (0.3*x*2100) + (0.3*(1-x)*-1900)

    Now, as I change the values of the non-red cells, I want Excel to always keep the result of the equation as 0 by adjusting the value of x without having to use goal seek every time I change a value, i.e. searching for the value of '0' in the results tab by using the 'x' cell as the variable cell. So kind of like an auto goal seek.

    How would I do that?
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    Last edited by PapaCheese; 08-02-2013 at 01:02 PM.

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    Re: Auto Goal Seek?

    The formula you have is, as you say, fairly simple. In my mind, the easiest way is to do the algebra outside of Excel to solve the given equation for x algebraically. Should be easy even if it is tedious. Once you have the expression for x, then program the cell containing x with that formula.
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