Opening an .exe files on a MAC. Please Help!!!!!!!

I have a disk that comes with one of my textbooks for school and the application i need to run with excel as a problem slover is an .exe (bundle).Is it possible to open this file at all on my MAC or am i just out of luck?

If you want to run a Windows executable file, you'll need windows to do it...
You do have a few options:
1 buy a Mac application such as Paralells which lets you run Windows inside Mac Os
2 if you ran Windows before you had a Mac and still have the disk, use Boot Camp so you can run both OS
3 ask your school if there's a Mac version of the disc available (probably a long shot)
4 find a friend with a Pc and use theirs!
Hope this helps?

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