Solver not finding solution

millhouse123

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I am newbie to solver and trying to solve what I think would be a very simple problem but solver is cant find a solution and I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. There is clearly a soltiom which I included in the mini sheet.


Here are my solver constraints. I have tried everything I can think of but still get non solveable.

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Solver Example.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
1Contraints
2B8:D10Integer, value must be between 1 and 3
3Totals for rows and columns need to = 6
4L8:L10 = 3
5Counting occurences of each # by activity, should only be 1 activity per hour and should be different each hour
6
7Activity 1Activity 2Activity 3Activity 1Activity 2Activity 3
8Hour 11.003.002.006.00 = 6.003115=3
9Hour 21.001.001.003.00 = 6.003115=3
10Hour 31.002.003.006.00 = 6.003115=3
113.006.006.00
12 = = =
136.006.006.00
14
15Solution
16123
17231
18312
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
I8:I10I8=COUNTIF(B$8:B$10,1)
J8:J10J8=COUNTIF(C$8:C$10,2)
K8:K10K8=COUNTIF(D$8:D$10,3)
L8:L10,E8:E10L8=SUM(I8:K8)
B11:D11B11=SUM(B8:B10)
Named Ranges
NameRefers ToCells
solver_adj=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs2=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs3=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs4=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs7=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs8=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
solver_lhs9=Sheet1!$B$8:$D$10B11, I8:I10, E8
 

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