What the heck is "^" in math? Never saw that in 4 years of HS or Math 100 at BYU

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Sep 29, 2020
4:57:23pm

socorny All-American

What the heck is "^" in math? Never saw that in 4 years of HS or Math 100 at BYU

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socorny

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What is i^41, and why? 10th grade math.

Iman23

9/29/20 4:35pm

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JackStack

9/29/20 4:36pm

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9/29/20 4:38pm

RE: What is i^41, and why? 10th grade math.

Cougarrr

9/29/20 4:38pm

i^4 = 1, so i^41 = (i^4)^10 x i = 1^10 x i = 1 x i = i.

Wadds

9/29/20 4:41pm

RE: i^4 = 1, so i^41 = (i^4)^10 x i = 1^10 x i = 1 x i = i.

Cougar TD

9/29/20 4:43pm

This is correct.

MetaLearner

9/29/20 5:05pm

RE: i^4 = 1, so i^41 = (i^4)^10 x i = 1^10 x i = 1 x i = i.

byuluvr

9/29/20 5:44pm

What the heck is "^" in math? Never saw that in 4 years of HS or Math 100 at BYU

socorny

9/29/20 4:57pm

To the power of... common method of display when typing.

9/29/20 4:58pm

Oh, maybe I did see that, hmm, but not in a long time.

socorny

9/29/20 5:13pm

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9/29/20 4:58pm

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9/29/20 4:59pm

RE: Dang it, Division.

9/29/20 5:15pm

i^2=-1. So i^41 is i.

WDaddy

9/29/20 5:00pm

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