[dba-Tech] Excel question

You don't "have" to.

=(A1^2+B1^2)^2  and
=(A1^2 -B1^2)^2 + (2*A1*B1)^2
work for me. They both return 169 when cell A1 contains 2 and cell B1 contains 3.

Similarly =A1^B1 returns 8

-- 
Stuart

On 4 Aug 2012 at 13:12, Bobby Heid wrote:

> You have to use the Power function
> 5^3
> =POWER(5,3)
> 
> So (x^2 + y^2)^2 would be
> =power(power(x,2) +power(y,2),2)
> 
> Bobby
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I ought to know this, but don't. Call me stupid or at best ignorant. How
> does one enter a formula involving exponents? I want to enter these
> formulae, using pseudo-syntax:
> 
> (x^2 + y^2)^2
> (x^2 - y^2)^2 + (2xy)^2
> 
> Where the caret represents Power of, so x^2 means x squared, and x and y
> represent cell locations that contain arbitrary values.
> 
> Can you help?
> TIA!
> 
> -- 
> Arthur
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