POWER

Examples

• =POWER(2,3)

  This example raises 2 to the power of 3. This is equivalent to multiplying 2 by itself 3 times. So the result of this example is 2 x 2 x 2 = 8.

• =POWER(2,8)

  This example raises 2 to the power of 8. This is equivalent to multiplying 2 by itself 8 times. So the result of this example is 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 256.

• POWER(A1,3)

  This example raises the value in the cell A1 to the power of 3. This is equivalent to multiplying the value in cell A1 by itself 3 times. So if A1 contains the value 5, the result of this example is 5 x 5 x 5 = 125.

• =POWER(27,1/3)

  This example raises the number 27 to the power of 1/3. This is equivalent to finding the cube root of 27. So the result of this example is 3.

• =POWER(81,1/4)

  This example raises the number 81 to the power of 1/4. This is equivalent to finding the fourth root of 81. So the result of this example is 3.

• =POWER(256,1/8)

  This example raises 256 to the power of 1/8, which is the same as computing the eighth root of 256.