Microsoft Excel 2003 Functions and Formulas
Exponentiation
Summary: Two ways to raise numbers to powers inside Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheets.
There are two ways to perform exponentiation (raising a number to a power) in a Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheet.
A: Use the ^ operator
B: Use the =POWER function
Syntax:
=power(NUMBER,POWER)
NUMBER is the number to be raised
POWER is the power to that NUMBER will be raised.
The following two cells will return the exact same value, 32:
A1: =2^5
A2: =POWER(2,5)
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Last Modified on: July 13, 2008, at 12:04 A.M. EDT
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