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Microsoft Excel 2003 Functions and Formulas - Exponentiation

There are two ways to perform exponentiation (raising a number to a power) in a Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheet.

A: Use the ^ operator

B: Use the =POWER function

Syntax:

=power(NUMBER,POWER)

NUMBER is the number to be raised

POWER is the power to that NUMBER will be raised.

The following two cells will return the exact same value, 32:

A1: =2^5
A2: =POWER(2,5)