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Guest
I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the symbol ^ when using
calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?
calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?
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flummi
3^3 = 27 which means 3 raised to the power of 3
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Max
Caret: "^" means "to the power of"
Eg: entering in say, A1: =3^4
means to evaluate 3 to the power of 4
i.e: =3x3x3x3=81
Likewise =2^3 = 2x2x2=8
Eg: entering in say, A1: =3^4
means to evaluate 3 to the power of 4
i.e: =3x3x3x3=81
Likewise =2^3 = 2x2x2=8
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Guest
It means "raise to the power of" so that 2^3 means 2 raised to the power of 3
(or 2 cubed) which equals 8
(or 2 cubed) which equals 8
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Guest
Desert Rat said:I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the
symbol ^ when using calculations in Excel. Can
anyone help me?
For future reference, use the key phrase "calculation operators"
in a Help search, and see the Help page "about calculation
operators".
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Bernard Liengme
You got lots of good answers but if you need another:
The one-word name for the ^ operator is "exponentiation"
just as + is addition, × is multiplication.....
For confirmation of this lovely geek work, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation
best wishes
The one-word name for the ^ operator is "exponentiation"
just as + is addition, × is multiplication.....
For confirmation of this lovely geek work, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation
best wishes
R
ravikantatutsav
I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the symbol ^ when using
calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?
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