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Assignment AssignmentNo 57764 PDF
Assignment AssignmentNo 57764 PDF
Grade 8-ICT-Term2
When you alter the variable numbers in the model to see what happens, you are said
to be performing a simulation. The simulation will mimic how the real situation alters
under the changed conditions.
Simulation: seeing how the model behaves under different circumstances by altering the variables.
Speed: Can produce the results instantly, whilst doing this manual will take a long time
Accuracy: Models use formulae and , provide the correct formulae have been used, there
will be no mistakes in the calculation. It is easier to make mistakes doing calculations in
your head or using calculator
Automatic calculation: By changing the quantity in a cell, all the other cell hat are linked
to it will change automatically.
Fixed Value : A quantity whose values are fixed(Values that cannot be changed)
A Variable: A quantity whose values is not fixed (Values that can be changed)
Goal Seek :
Goal seek allow you to set what you want to output to be and it then automatically varies one of the
inputs until it gets as near to the output as it can,
Spreadsheet functions:
COUNTA(): function returns the count of non-blanks within a supplied set of cells or values.
Ex: COUNTA(A1:A10)
COUNTIF(): Returns the number of cells (of a supplied range), that satisfy a given criteria
Ex: COUNTIF(A1:A10,B12>50)
IF (): Tests a user-defined condition and returns one result if the condition is TRUE, and another result if
the condition is FALSE, Ex : IF(Percentage>60, “GOOD”, “AVERAGE”);
Nesting of If Function: The IF function is frequently 'nested' in Excel. I.e. the value_if_true or the
value_if_false argument is replaced with another call to the If function.