Goal Seeking and Data Tables

Assumptions
A Debt 60% Legend
B Equity 40% 60% Direct Input
C Total 100% 600 Output
D Initial Amount 1,000 18,162 Action Required
E Annual Growth 3.50%

F Year - 1 2 3 4 5
G Line Item 1,000 1,035 1,071 1,109 1,148 1,188
Totals
H Debt 18,162 600 621 643 665 689 713
I Equity 12,108 400 414 428 443 459 475
J Total 30,269 1,000 1,035 1,071 1,109 1,148 1,188

Goal Seek
K Question: What is the growth rate that is required to reach a Total Debt of 20,000 over the 20-year time hori

Table L EQUITY TOTAL

Ann
Annual Growth
M Start 1.00%
N Jump 0.50%

Debt %
O Start 50%
Debt %

P Jump 5%

Steps

Goal Seek
1 Place curser in Cell C13
2 Press Alt and T, for Tools
3 Press G, for Goal Seek
4 The Dialogue Box will open with Cell C13 set in top
5 Press Tab
6 Type in desired output, here it is 20,000
7 Press Tab
8 Use Curser to select Cell C8, or Annual Growth
9 Press Enter

Table
10 Highlight Cell Array G22 to O33
11 Press Alt + D, for Data
12 Press T, for Table
13 The Table Dialogue Box will open
14 Use Curser to go to Cell C8, Annual Growth, for Row Input
15 Press Tab
16 Use Curser to go to Cell C4, Debt, for Column Input
17 Press Enter
18 Press =, notice that the = sign appears in G22
19 Use Curser to go Cell 14, or Total Equity
20 Press Enter
21 In Cell H22, code in Cell C23
22 In Cell I22, code in =H22+$C$24, and copy over to Cell O22
23 In Cell G23, code in Cell C27
25 In Cell G24, code in =G23+$C$28, and copy down to Cell G33
26 You should now have a completed Data Table, if not trying
pressing F9, you may have our Excel set on Automatic Except
for Table
 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1,229 1,272 1,317 1,363 1,411 1,460 1,511 1,564 1,619 1,675

738 763 790 818 846 876 907 938 971 1,005
492 509 527 545 564 584 604 626 647 670
1,229 1,272 1,317 1,363 1,411 1,460 1,511 1,564 1,619 1,675

000 over the 20-year time horizon?

EQUITY TOTALS
Annual Growth
, for Row Input

over to Cell O22

y down to Cell G33

ble, if not trying
Automatic Except
 16 17 18 19 20
1,734 1,795 1,857 1,923 1,990

1,040 1,077 1,114 1,154 1,194

694 718 743 769 796
1,734 1,795 1,857 1,923 1,990