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
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I am having trouble finding out the purpose of the symbol ^ when using
calculations in Excel. Can anyone help me?