Excel does not do symbolic algebra. Excel can numerically solve
equations using the Solver tool (see Help).

Jerry

ruralkansas wrote:

Can Excel 97 find the x-values of an equation such as

5x - 2 = 0
or
9x[squared] - 6x = -1
or
1 over x-3 = 2 over x+3 minus 4(x over x[squared] - 1)

What about quadratic equations??

Thanks!