Question

What Does ''To the power of'' mean?

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YOU MAKE N0 SENSE OKAY

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June 3, 2022 (Friday)

Thank you for explaining this in a simple manner.

I found it very easy to understand.

Regards

Catherine

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What is the opposite of it?

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If you have 10x10x10 would really me to the power of three. Or another way would just to count the zeros to know.

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So easy its makes sense now

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thank you

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It means how many times you times it by itself

Eg.

5^5 = 5x5x5x5x5

5^3 = 5x5x5

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Makes total sense

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You mean sense?

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Thanks, now I'll stop being called dumb ^^

Answer 1

It means:

For example: 10 to the power of 2. That means exponent 2.

-CraftyGirlJuJu

Answer 2

The number multiplyed by your number that is "to the power of" is the answer.

For example 3 To the power of two is 3*3=9.

Exponents are different though, For example,2 cubed is 2*2*2=8=4*2.

Hope this help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

In math, this refers to exponents. 2 to the power of 1 is 2. This means 2 x 1. 2 to the power of 2 is 4. (2 x 2) 2 to the power of 3 is (2 x 2 x 2) is 8. Basically it is just a shorter way to put things in mulitiplication.

Hope this helps!

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I thought exponents were different from "to the power of's"

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it help a lot

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Does not help at all. when I learned this it was explained easier than this. when I first saw this I didn't think it was the right one, so I read it and it is very complicated for people that might be younger than me. Here's a suggestion you should actually put the power instead of writing it, I think people will understand it better. 

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I don't get it.

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Thanks!!! It helped me a lot.

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Thx so much it helped!

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This helped me A TON!!!! THANKS!!

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Thank you so much! I forgot what it means! :)

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I don't get it I read about 3 times but still don't understand please have more explanation next time.

 

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thank you :)

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So it just means the same as squared. Thanks for the help!

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No it’s not the same as squared. It is the same as multiplication, but not m2 or m3.

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No it’s not the same as squared. It is the same as multiplication, but not m2 or m3. Edit: actully sorry I was wrong... eg. 3 by the power of 2 = 3x3. (I think) 3x3=9.

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2 the power of 2 is the same as 2 squared

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This is extremely  helpful for equations. Thanks!

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Your comment is garbage

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Excuse me? There is no symbol for it besides copy pasting.