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HP 46 - Raising a Number to a Power

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Raising
a
Number
to a
Power
£
permits
you
to
find
any
power
of
a
positive
number,
within
yl
the
range
of
the
calculator.
The
power
can
be
either
an
integer
or
decimal
fraction;
it
makes
no
difference.
EXAMPLES
A.
Find
2°
(2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2)
Press:
2
ET
9—@
3
e
B.
Find
82/3
Press:
8
2?
2
Ef
3@
-
]
200
9.00
512.00
8.00
2.00
3.00
Using
the
result
of
this
example,
check
different
formats:
Press:
w1
8
—“~Z-27v
—“Z-27v
4,00000000
3999999999
’z
This
shows
an
example
of
‘calculating
error’
which
occurs
because
logarithms
are
used
for
internal
programming
of
yX
and
the
results
are
not
always
accurate
to
the
last
decimal
place.
In
this
case
the
error
magnitude
is
only
.00000000I
(I
billionth)!
TSee
‘Calculator
Range’
in
Appendix
C.
17

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