what is " ^" in maths???

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what is " ^" in maths???

by coolio » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:33 am
can some one tell me what is this notation ^ fo r?? i have never done maths with this notation..i am sure we must be using something else but how the heck you get (9/10)^10 =0.384..sorry for acting like a geek

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by kajcha » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:37 am
"^" means to the power of

e.g 10^2 means 10 raise to the power 2 i.e. 100