This Worksheet is companion of Kardi Teknomo's Tutorial on MS Excel Goal Seek

Copyright 2004 by Kardi Teknomo

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Solving cubic equation

coeff.

x^3
1

result

0.579506

x^2
-2

x
6

constant
-3 =

y
-5E-006

Determination of product price based on Break Even Point

$
$
$

1.5
90
3.00

BEP unit
Break Even Point

60.0
180

700
600
500
400

Break Even Point

Variable cost/unit
Fixed cost
Price/unit

300

Find the price such that BEP will be $200

200
100
0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Unit s ale s
Fixed Cost

Unit
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145

Fixed Cost Variable Co

90
0
90
7.5
90
15
90
22.5
90
30
90
37.5
90
45
90
52.5
90
60
90
67.5
90
75
90
82.5
90
90
90
97.5
90
105
90
112.5
90
120
90
127.5
90
135
90
142.5
90
150
90
157.5
90
165
90
172.5
90
180
90
187.5
90
195
90
202.5
90
210
90
217.5

T otal Cost

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150
155
160
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
205
210
215
220
225
230

90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90
90

225
232.5
240
247.5
255
262.5
270
277.5
285
292.5
300
307.5
315
322.5
330
337.5
345

Even Point

40

60

Fixed Cost

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Unit s ale s
T otal Cost

Revenue

Total Cost Revenue Profit

90
0
-90.0
97.5
15
-82.5
105
30
-75.0
112.5
45
-67.5
120
60
-60.0
127.5
75
-52.5
135
90
-45.0
142.5
105
-37.5
150
120
-30.0
157.5
135
-22.5
165
150
-15.0
172.5
165
-7.5
180
180
0.0
187.5
195
7.5
195
210
15.0
202.5
225
22.5
210
240
30.0
217.5
255
37.5
225
270
45.0
232.5
285
52.5
240
300
60.0
247.5
315
67.5
255
330
75.0
262.5
345
82.5
270
360
90.0
277.5
375
97.5
285
390
105.0
292.5
405
112.5
300
420
120.0
307.5
435
127.5

315
322.5
330
337.5
345
352.5
360
367.5
375
382.5
390
397.5
405
412.5
420
427.5
435

450
465
480
495
510
525
540
555
570
585
600
615
630
645
660
675
690

135.0
142.5
150.0
157.5
165.0
172.5
180.0
187.5
195.0
202.5
210.0
217.5
225.0
232.5
240.0
247.5
255.0

Find root of f(x)=x+a*cos(x)

x
2
0
2

result

f(x)=x+2Cos (x)

a
guess x
f(x)

8
6
4
2
0
-6

-4

-2

0
-2
-4
-6 x

-5
-4.75
-4.5
-4.25
-4
-3.75
-3.5
-3.25
-3
-2.75
-2.5
-2.25
-2
-1.75
-1.5
-1.25
-1
-0.75
-0.5
-0.25
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
2.75
3
3.25
3.5
3.75
4
4.25
4.5
4.75
5

f(x)
-4.432676
-4.674796
-4.921592
-5.142175
-5.307287
-5.391119
-5.372913
-5.238259
-4.979985
-4.598605
-4.102287
-3.506347
-2.832294
-2.106492
-1.358526
-0.619355
0.080605
0.713378
1.255165
1.687825
2
2.187825
2.255165
2.213378
2.080605
1.880645
1.641474
1.393508
1.167706
0.993653
0.897713
0.901395
1.020015
1.261741
1.627087
2.108881
2.692713
3.357825
4.078408
4.825204
5.567324

Finding Eigen Value of a square matrix

matrix A=N'.N
6
9
5
9 17 9
5
9
6

matrix I
1
0
0
1
0
0

0
0
1

lambda
det(A-lambda*I)

0.92
0.00

initial eigen
value

matrix A-lambda*I
5
9
5
9 16 9
5
9
5

Input
matrix N
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
2

matrix N'
2
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
2

matrix A=N'.N
6
9 5
9 17 9
5
9 6

To determine eigen value

Goal Seek
set Det (A-lambda*I) = 0
by changing lambda
Correct answer: lambda = 0.9233, 1 and 27.0767

nitial eigen
alue

and 27.0767

Solve this inequality equation:

lower bound x =
upperbound x =

1
1 1

2
x 2
2x

-5.000
0.500

f(x)=1/(2x^2)-1/x
0.22
0

f(x)
-10
-9.75
-9.5
-9.25
-9
-8.75
-8.5
-8.25
-8
-7.75
-7.5
-7.25
-7
-6.75
-6.5
-6.25
-6
-5.75
-5.5
-5.25
-5
-4.75
-4.5
-4.25
-4
-3.75
-3.5
-3.25
-3
-2.75
-2.5
-2.25
-2
-1.75
-1.5

0.105
0.107824
0.110803
0.113952
0.117284
0.120816
0.124567
0.128558
0.132813
0.137357
0.142222
0.147444
0.153061
0.159122
0.16568
0.1728
0.180556
0.189036
0.198347
0.208617
0.22
0.232687
0.246914
0.262976
0.28125
0.302222
0.326531
0.35503
0.388889
0.429752
0.48
0.54321
0.625
0.734694
0.888889

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12
10
8
6
4
2
0.5
0
-15

-10

-5

0
-2

10

-1.25
-1
-0.75
-0.5
-0.25
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
2.75
3
3.25
3.5
3.75
4
4.25
4.5
4.75
5
5.25
5.5
5.75
6
6.25
6.5
6.75
7
7.25
7.5
7.75
8
8.25
8.5
8.75
9
9.25
9.5
9.75
10

1.12
1.5
2.222222
4
12
4
0
-0.444444
-0.5
-0.48
-0.444444
-0.408163
-0.375
-0.345679
-0.32
-0.297521
-0.277778
-0.260355
-0.244898
-0.231111
-0.21875
-0.207612
-0.197531
-0.188366
-0.18
-0.172336
-0.165289
-0.15879
-0.152778
-0.1472
-0.142012
-0.137174
-0.132653
-0.128419
-0.124444
-0.120708
-0.117188
-0.113866
-0.110727
-0.107755
-0.104938
-0.102264
-0.099723
-0.097304
-0.095

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