How to Use Goal Seek?

Use Goal Seek to determine the interest rate
  1. On the Data tab, in the Data Tools group, click What-If Analysis, and then click Goal Seek.
  2. In the Set cell box, enter the reference for the cell that contains the formula that you want to resolve. ...
  3. In the To value box, type the formula result that you want.

How do you use Goal Seek in Excel?

How to Use Excel Goal Seek
  1. Create a spreadsheet in Excel that has your data. ...
  2. Click the cell you want to change. ...
  3. From the Data tab, select the What if Analysis… ...
  4. Select Goal seek… from the drop-down menu.
  5. In the Goal Seek dialog, enter the new “what if” amount in the To value: text box.

What is Goal Seek explain with example?

Technically, Goal Seek is a process of calculating a value by performing what-if analysis on a given set of values. For our purposes, Excel's Goal Seek feature lets you adjust a value used in a formula to achieve a specific goal. ... Calculating the terms of a loan is a good example of a what-if situation.

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