Goal Seek problem - Excel 2013

I am attempting to use Goal Seek for the first time today and I'm not sure what I am doing incorrectly.  I'm including a screen shot of my setup.  I am attempting to change the highlighted box of $15.51 to zero by changing "g"
I have included the "answer key" of doing this by hand, which should change my growth rate to 5.90015% using the Goal Seek. However, I'm getting -70,000+%
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Here is my original data:
Sales<sub>0  </sub>(S<sub>0</sub>)                                
325
Growth rate (g)                          
21.54%
Change in Sales                        
70
Sales<sub>1</sub>   
(S<sub>1</sub>)                             
395
Total assets (A<sub>0</sub>)                        
122.5
Spontaneous Liabilities   
(L<sub>0</sub>)      17.5
Net income                               
9.8
Profit Margin (PM)                     
3.00%
Payout Ratio (POR)                   
40.00%
My first calculation is to find AFN (for those familiar with financial forecasting)
A<sub>0</sub>/S<sub>0</sub>*(S<sub>1</sub>-S<sub>0</sub>)  = $26.38
L<sub>0</sub>/S<sub>0</sub>*(S<sub>1</sub>-S<sub>0</sub>) = $3.77
PM*S<sub>1</sub>*(1-POR) = 7.11
= AFN of $15.51
My next step is to change AFN to zero while changing "growth".  However, when I use Goal Seek, I'm getting a number that is completely off .   The correct answer is 5.90015%   (my answer is -7227603.11%)
Can anyone help?

No, Numbers doesn't have Goal Seek or anything like it.
You can set up Slider controls to facilitate playing with key variables in your expressions, but Numbers doesn't have any capability to make the adjustments itself.
Jerry

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