How to use excel solver for optimization

Microsoft Excel comes with several features that make it easy to perform calculations and solve equations, helping save time and effort. Solver is one such feature that lets you solve problems and is pretty similar to the Goal Seek feature.

Generally, it is used for 'What-if' analysis to find the value of a cell when there is more than one constraint.

You can use it to solve for a particular number, a minimum value, or the maximum value of a number. While it cannot solve every problem, it is a great tool for situations when you are dealing with optimization problems and need to find the most suitable decision.

Solver works by changing the value of certain cells, called decision variables, in a spreadsheet to determine the maximum or minimum value of a cell, called the objective cell. And it does this while satisfying certain constraints, depending on the problem.

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