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Finding Zeros Root of non linear equation using Excel
Suppose you want to find the root of this non-linear equation:
The graph of the function is exhibit in the figure below
From the picture above, we can guess that the root of the non-linear equation is between 0 and -2.
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The steps by step procedure is as follow
1. Input the value of parameter a = 2 in cell B3. This is useful if you want to check the effect of parameter
2. Input initial value of x (you may guess any number) in cell B4
3. Type the non-linear equation in B5
4. From the menu of MS Excel, click Tools-Goal Seek and Goal Seek dialog show up.
5. Set cell B5 ( the non-linear equation ) to value 0 ( target value ) by changing cell $B$4 ( initial guess of x ) and click OK button.
6. The result is shown in the figure below. The root of the non-linear equation is -1.029. Inputting this root to the equation will make the value of f(x) = 0
See also:
Goal Seek Tutorial
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MS Excel Tutorial index
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Kardi Teknomo's Tutorial
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Teknomo, Kardi (2015) Obtaining zeros of non-linear equation using Microsoft Excel. https:\\people.revoledu.com\kardi\ tutorial\Excel\ZerosNonLinearEquation.html