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Robert-Alpha wrote on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:18:03 -0800:

RA i want to find 3ˆš8 ... how do i enter this in excel ...
RA The answer is 2. but i want to be able to setup more
RA complex equations. Thanks for the help

Since you give the answer, I see you want the cube root of 8 [
=8^(1/3) ] but your notation is a bit ambiguous. I initially
read it as 2 times the square root of 8.


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