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Icey
16th-April-2006, 11:49 AM
Des anyone have kids that are doing their GCSE's or A Levels and can tell me button by button how to use the "n" power button on a scientific calculator?

I've lost my instructions and not used the blasted thing for anything more complicated than working out how much money I don't have since I was at school :blush:

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

DavidY
16th-April-2006, 12:05 PM
Don't have my calculator to hand.. but if I remember correctly:
Mine had a button labelled with an "X" then a superscripted "y"

If I wanted to know "2 to the power of 3" I'd push "2" "(xy button)" "3"
If the answer's 8 then I've remembered it right!

Icey
16th-April-2006, 01:38 PM
David, you are a total star! Have some rep.

I was having terribl trouble trying to work ou how much an investment question was worth in 25 yrs time :really:

Thank you :kiss: