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What it mean when their is a 2 on the top right corner of a number

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Answer:

That would mean that the number is getting squared.

The small 2 on the top right corner is an exponent.

An exponent is a number representing the power to which a given number is to be raised by.

So, with the 2, the number would be getting raised by the power of 2, or be multiplied by itself.

Example:


5^2= 5*5=25

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