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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 2016 Guided Project 8-3

Guided Project 8-3 Courtyard Medical Plaza has new worksheets for weight loss workshops. You use Solver with sample data and add

scenarios and data tables to complete a sample set. You also create PivotTables to analyze dental insurance data.

Skills Covered in This Project • Create and manage scenarios.

• Use Solver in a worksheet to find a solution.

• Build a one-variable data table.

• Build a two-variable data table.

• Create and customize a PivotTable.

• Insert a slicer in a PivotTable.

• Insert a PivotChart.

• Generate Descriptive Statistics for a set of data.

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1. Open the CourtyardMedical-08 workbook and click the Enable Editing button. The file will be

renamed automatically to include your name.

2. Install Solver and the Analysis ToolPak.

a. Select the Options command [File tab].

b. Click Add-Ins in the left pane.

c. Click Go near the bottom of the window.

d. Select the Solver Add-in box.

e. Select the Analysis ToolPak box.

f. Click OK.

3. Click the Workout Plan worksheet tab and select cell E10. Five activities are included in this plan to

burn calories for weight loss. This cell includes a SUM formula.

4. Add scenarios in a worksheet.

a. Click the What-if Analysis button [Data tab, Forecast group] and select Scenario Manager.

b. Click Add.

c. Type Basic Plan as the name.

d. Click the Changing cells box, select cells D5:D9, and click OK.

e. Do not edit the Scenario Values and click OK.

f. Click Add to add another scenario.

g. Type Double as the name, keep the

Changing cells as is, and click OK.

h. Change the values to 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, doubling

each current value, in the Scenario Values

dialog box and click OK (Figure 8-96).

i. Click Close.

5. Use Solver to find a target calorie burn.

a. Click the Solver button [Data tab, Analyze

group].

b. Select cell E10, the cell with a SUM formula,

for the Set Objective box.

c. Click the Value Of radio button and type

3500 in the entry box.

d. Click the By Changing Variable Cells box and select cells D5:D7. Solver finds how many times

each activity should be performed to burn 3,500 calories subject to the constraints.

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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 2016 Guided Project 8-3

6. Add constraints to a Solver problem.

a. Click Add to the right of the Subject to the Constraints box.

b. Select cell D5 for the Cell Reference box.

c. Choose >= as the operator.

d. Click the Constraint box and type 2. The constraint requires that the exercise be done at least

twice a week.

e. Click Add to add each of the five remaining constraints shown here:

D5 <=4

D6 <=3

D6 >=1

D7 <=4

D7 >=1

f. When all constraints are identified,

click OK in the Add Constraint

dialog box.

g. Choose GRG Nonlinear for the

Select a Solving Method.

h. Confirm that the Make

Unconstrained Variables Non-

Negative box is selected (Figure 8-

97).

i. Click Solve. A solution displays in

the worksheet, and the Solver

Results dialog box is open.

7. Save Solver results as a scenario.

a. Click Save Scenario in the Solver

Results dialog box.

b. Type 3500 Burn as the scenario

name.

c. Click OK to return to the Solver

Results dialog box.