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Power

Power[2, 3]

2 raised to the power of 3 equals 8.

$ wo 'Power[2, 3]'
8

Power[5, 0]

Any number raised to the power of 0 equals 1.

$ wo 'Power[5, 0]'
1

0^0

0 raised to 0 is Indeterminate.

$ wo '0^0'

                                        0
Power::indet: Indeterminate expression 0  encountered.
Indeterminate
$ wo 'Power[0, 0]'

                                        0
Power::indet: Indeterminate expression 0  encountered.
.* (regex*)
Indeterminate
$ wo '0.0^0'

                                         0
Power::indet: Indeterminate expression 0.  encountered.
Indeterminate

Power[2, -1]

2 raised to the power of -1 equals 0.5 (½).

$ wo 'Power[2, -1]'
1/2

Power[4, 0.5]

4 raised to the power of 0.5 equals 2 (square root).

$ wo 'Power[4, 0.5]'
2.

Power[10, 2]

10 raised to the power of 2 equals 100.

$ wo 'Power[10, 2]'
100

Power[-2, 3]

-2 raised to the power of 3 equals -8.

$ wo 'Power[-2, 3]'
-8

Power[-2, 2]

-2 raised to the power of 2 equals 4.

$ wo 'Power[-2, 2]'
4

Power[27, 1/3]

27 raised to the power of ⅓ equals approximately 3 (cube root).

$ wo 'Power[27, 1/3]'
3

Power[1.5, 2.5]

1.5 raised to the power of 2.5 equals approximately 2.756.

$ wo 'Power[1.5, 2.5]'
2.7556759606310752