Negative powers on the Windows calculator

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To perform calculations involving negative powers on the Windows calculator (calc.exe), users should input the expression as follows: 10 * 10 x^y (-3) * 2. This method has been confirmed to work across various versions of Windows, including those dating back to Windows 3. The calculator's functionality has remained consistent, ensuring reliable results regardless of the Windows version used.

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Hi. How would you go about doing negative powers on the windows calculator? For example if you wanted to calculate 10 x 10 ^ - 3 x 2 for example what input would you use on the windows calculator? Thanks.
 
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Well, I doubt this is a homework question so here is the answer.

10 * 10 x^y ( - 3)*2

These are the buttons you press.
 
Are you sure that works on all versions of Windows?
 
jacksonpeeble said:
Are you sure that works on all versions of Windows?

Who would know? Try it with some test values.
 
jacksonpeeble said:
Are you sure that works on all versions of Windows?
The Windows calculator (calc.exe) hasn't changed its appearance for many releases of Windows (maybe back to Windows 3 or before), and I doubt that its inner workings have changed, either. It would be very surprising to me to find that you got a different result on two different Windows versions.
 

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