arithmetic operator ^ means to subtract

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Ron Rosenfeld said:
Your statement is inaccurate.
What is your question?
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If I had a rudimentary knowledge of a language, I suspect I would use the
assertive form of verbs even when asking a question. (In fact, I have!)

While it might be relatively easy to translate a verb in one language into
the English verb "to mean", it is a "giant leap for man" to go from there to
"does <something> mean ...?".

I assume that Torie meant: "does ^ mean subtract?" Arguably, a better
question would have been: "what does ^ mean in an arithmetic expression?".

As an exercise, try translating that into Swahili ;).
 
To clarify what this operator does:

=A1^2

If A1 is 3 then the result is 3 squared or 3*3, the carot, as it is
sometimes called, takes a number to a power.

=A1^3

3 cubed, would equal 3*3*3 = 27

you can also use it as follows:

=A1^(1/3)

if A1 is 27 then this takes the cube root of 27 which is 3. And

=A1^(.5)

If A1 is 64 then this takes the square root which is 8.

=A1-A5 subtracts A5 from A1
 
If I had a rudimentary knowledge of a language, I suspect I would use the
assertive form of verbs even when asking a question. (In fact, I have!)
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If I were speaking the language, I would add an inflection to indicate a
question, and I have.

If I were writing, I would end the sentence with a question mark.

And if I were trying to write a technical question in a non-native language, I
would certainly include my native language.
--ron
 
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