In the Yahoo Answers, it means "to the power of". Many keyboards do not have a keystroke to do a superscript to do squared or cubed, so the symbol ^ is used.
ex: 4^2 =4 squared = 16
Hope this explanation helps!
ex: 4^2 =4 squared = 16
Hope this explanation helps!
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It means to the exponent of, or something along those lines.
Like three squared is written as 3^2.
Like three squared is written as 3^2.
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it tells you the next number is an exponent
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it means exponent or "to the power of".