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efko.wbs
19th April 2010, 09:05 PM
Sup :)
tommorow i have presentation at class of eng and only missing thing is that i dont know how to say by words(for example): 2^10 , x^y etc.
Only expression i found was "2 exponent 10" but i think its bullsh1t :)
In my presentation about HDD's i have "^" pretty often and teacher would fuc k me if i wont use correct expression :)
Thx in advance.

Mladenus
19th April 2010, 09:14 PM
Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, I have the similar problem........... :|

Nobber708
19th April 2010, 09:31 PM
You could say this like
2 raised to 10

mossANDvanilla
19th April 2010, 09:59 PM
If that is what I think (I was not good at maths:P) then it is 2 to the power of 10:)

Lowlife
19th April 2010, 10:11 PM
If that is what I think (I was not good at maths:P) then it is 2 to the power of 10:)

you're correct
:p

Cen
19th April 2010, 10:28 PM
I googled a bit and

10^2 = ten to the two

some more examples on this forum
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=191675


btw, google is so smart that if you write "ten to the two" it'll say houndred

lol..google geeks ftw!

Lowlife
20th April 2010, 02:40 AM
btw, google is so smart that if you write "ten to the two" it'll say houndred


what's a houndred?
:p

efko.wbs
20th April 2010, 08:08 PM
i used "2 raised to 10" and teacher didnt say me anything so it was correct i think :D btw i scored 40 points out of 50, my target was over 28(min. to pass) so i think its ok for now thx guys :)

Cen
21st April 2010, 05:06 PM
anytime