Excel Tutorial – POWER

The POWER function in Excel allows you to calculate the result of raising a number to a specific power. This can be useful if you want to perform calculations involving exponents.

To use the POWER function, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Select the cell where you want the result of the POWER function to appear.
2. Type “=POWER(” (without the quotes) into the cell.
3. Specify the number that you want to raise to a power. This should be a number or a reference to a cell containing a number.
4. Type a comma and then specify the power that you want to raise the number to. This should also be a number or a reference to a cell containing a number.
5. Close the parenthesis by typing “)”.

For example, if you wanted to calculate the result of raising the number 2 to the power of 3, you could use the following formula: “=POWER(2, 3)”. This will return the result 8.

You can also use the POWER function to perform calculations involving larger numbers or ranges of numbers. For example, if you wanted to calculate the result of raising the numbers in the range A1:A5 to the power of 2, you could use the following formula: “=POWER(A1:A5, 2)”. This will return an array of values consisting of the results of the power calculations for each number in the range A1:A5.

I hope this tutorial has been helpful in understanding how to use the POWER function in Excel.