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In Excel 97 I need solver to solve for a y= equation. However y changes
depending on values in other cells. How can make solver automatically change
it's answer as what it is solving for changes?


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In Excel 97 I need solver to solve for a y= equation. However y changes
depending on values in other cells. How can make solver automatically
change
it's answer as what it is solving for changes?


try equation-y = 0


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Solver by itself doesn't run itself when the worksheet changes. You
have to initiate Solver by hand. Also, it is not a good idea...no
scratch that...it is a very bad idea...to run an optimization (which is
what Solver does) through an event procedure such as Worksheet_Change.

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