Re: Calculation of powers (TI-86)

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Subject: Re: Calculation of powers (TI-86)
From: "Nester, Darryl" <nesterd@BLUFFTON.EDU>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 15:04:02 -0500
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Reply-To: "Nester, Darryl" <nesterd@BLUFFTON.EDU>

I believe that the original post was asking for the formula:

        a^b = e ^ (b*ln(a)).

e.g., 2^7.2 = e ^ (7.2*ln(2) = e^(4.990...) = 147.03...

The TI-86 has ways to compute ln( ) and e^( ), and of course multiplication
is relatively easy, so it can handle (nearly) any exponential expression.

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Re: Calculation of powers (TI-86)

From: Matt Maurano <mtm@maurano.com>

Re: Calculation of powers (TI-86)

From: Mislav Bilobrk <bili@FLY.CC.FER.HR>

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