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Default Excel 2003 SP2 computes the power of a negative number wrong.

Google Spreadsheets=8
Open Office Calc=8

"Giovanni Ciriani" wrote:

Has anybody tried a symbolic calculator like the HP-19B or the TI-83 and the
rest of the TI family? Let's try a much simpler calculation and then see how
many calculators agree with one result and how many agree with one result or
the other. Let's try -A1^2+A1^2 please post your results:
Excel=8
HP-19B=0
TI-83=0

"Giovanni Ciriani" wrote:

A1 contains -4.
B1 contains the expression -A1^4
The result is supposed to be -256, but instead it is 256.

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