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I am trying to set up a graph in MS Excel where you can enter in the values
for X and B and it will graph the line, like a graphing caluclator would. Is
that possible?
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Excel graphs points, not equations. For a straight line, you would only
need to calculate the first and last points on the line and plot them as
an "XY (Scatter)" chart with points connected by a line. Alternately,
Tushar Mehta has written an add-in for plotting functions
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/so...ger/index.html

Jerry

Adam wrote:

I am trying to set up a graph in MS Excel where you can enter in the values
for X and B and it will graph the line, like a graphing caluclator would. Is
that possible?


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If the relationship is not necessarily linear, and you just want to hack out
a series without using an add-in, you can simply put a set of X values into
one column, then in the next column insert formulas that calculate the
appropriate Y values. Then make the plot with these two columns.

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Excel graphs points, not equations. For a straight line, you would only
need to calculate the first and last points on the line and plot them as
an "XY (Scatter)" chart with points connected by a line. Alternately,
Tushar Mehta has written an add-in for plotting functions
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/so...ger/index.html

Jerry

Adam wrote:

I am trying to set up a graph in MS Excel where you can enter in the
values for X and B and it will graph the line, like a graphing caluclator
would. Is that possible?




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