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Random numbers have a lot of useful and fun properties. Not the least of which is that if you run into a problem that is too hard for a closed form solution, simulating it with random numbers is almost always easier. Excel has a fairly easy to use pseudo-random number generator. Coupled with Excel’s other good functions, it is very useful for generating a moderate quantity of random numbers for small to medium simulations. This book walks you through how to generate random numbers in Excel, and some variations you can use them for such as sorting, or making a normal distribution.