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What is this symbol ^ ?

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Answer:

On this site, people use it to mean an exponent.

Explanation:

On this site, people use it to mean an exponent. So:

x² means x^2

and y^3 means y³

User Tomwassing
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Answer:

The symbol ^ is used for an expoinet, such as a square or a cube (e.g. 6^3)

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