 A power of a number is the product obtained by using that number a certain number of times as a multiplier, starting with unity as first multiplicand. The operation of forming a power is called involution ; the number used as a multiplier is called the...  Elementary Algebra - Page 6by George Albert Wentworth - 1906 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1926 - 456 pages
...25. (p2 - 2 p + 4)2. 29. (3 и2 - 10 иp + 8 p2)2. 26. (3 p - p2 - 2)2. 30. (2 b2c2 - 3 bc + 1)2. 52. Powers. A power of a number is the product obtained by using the number as a factor one or more times. For example, 4, or 22, is the second power of 2 ; 27, or... | |
 | Christopher J. McCauley - Science - 2000 - 532 pages
...81. The square of a number is indicated by the exponent (2), thus:92 = 9x9 = 81. The cuhe or third power of a number is the product obtained by using that number as a factor three times. Thus, the cube of 4 is 4 x 4 x 4 = 64, and is written 4-i. If a number is... | |
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