i keep seeing it all over the internet, especially yahoo answers. for example, in this question (DONT SOLVE IT FOR ME OR I WONT PICK YOU AND ILL REPORT UR ANSWER) What's the value of (10-5)^2 + 12/4? what does the ^ stand for?
2007-05-02 14:47:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
2^2 means 2 squared, or 2 to the second power. 3^6 means 3 to the sixth power and so own. Just exponents.
2007-05-02 14:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Chow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the person above me said, it is a symbol of POWER. 2^3 means 2 raised to the power of 3.
It comes from how most computer programming language denotes power. Also, if you see an astrisk "*", it means MULTIPLY.
2007-05-02 14:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the carrot it means to the second or squared in the example you have given whatever number follows the carrot is what needs to be for the equations. If it is ^3 it means cubed etc.
2007-05-02 15:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by penelopejanepitstop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋