FORMULA AUDITING AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING

FORMULA AUDITING AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING
FORMULA AUDITING AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING
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Maxwell Training
FORMULA AUDITING, DATA VALIDATION, AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING
FORMULA AUDITING AND COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING
⦁ GETTING STARTED
⦁ Open the file SC_EX19_9a_FirstLastName_1.xlsx, available for download from the SAM website.
⦁ Save the file as SC_EX19_9a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx by changing the “1” to a “2”.
⦁ If you do not see the .xlsx file extension in the Save As dialog box, do not type it. The program will add the file extension for you automatically.
⦁ With the file SC_EX19_9a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx still open, ensure that your first and last name is displayed in cell B6 of the Documentation sheet.
⦁ If cell B6 does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.
⦁ To complete this project, you need to add the Solver Add-in. If Solver is not listed under the Analysis section of the Data ribbon, click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Add-Ins category. In the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins and then click Go. In the Add-Ins box, check the Solver Add-in check box, and then click OK to install. If Solver Add-in is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click Browse to locate it.
⦁ PROJECT STEPS
⦁ DeShawn Washington runs the Florida office of Maxwell Training, a corporate training firm in Tampa. He is using an Excel workbook to analyze the company’s financials and asks for your help in correcting errors and solving problems with the data.
Go to the Blended Training worksheet. DeShawn asks you to correct the errors in the worksheet. Correct the first error as follows:
⦁ Use the Trace Precedents arrows to find the source of the