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Power, Square root, Power power 7 – Texas Instruments TI-73 EXPLORER User Manual

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Chapter 2: Math Operations

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7302ENG.DOC CH2 Math Operations, English Julie Hewlett Revised: 07/29/98 11:58 AM Printed: 05/19/99 8:58

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2. Calculate (M5)

2.

.

D a

5

E 6 b

Power

Power 7

Raises value to any power. value and power can be real

numbers, expression, or lists. If both are lists, they must have

the same number of elements. If one argument is a list and the

other a non-list, the non-list is paired with each element of the

list, and a list is returned.

value^power

value is limited by mathematical rules. For example, (M4)^.5

results in an error because this is the equivalent of (M4)^

1

/

2

,

which is ‡M4, a complex number.

Calculate 2

5

.

:

2

7

5

b

Square Root

Square Root -

z

Calculates the square root of value, which can be a positive

real number, an expression that results in a positive real

number, or a list of positive numbers.

‡

(

value

)

Calculate ‡256.

: - z

2 5 6

E

b

³

³