negative number raised to even power

[Wes Loewer]

(05-07-2015 10:40 AM)Gerald H Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 07:56 PM)Wes Loewer Wrote:  -2^2 = (a) -4 (b) 4
2^3^2 = (a) 512 (b) 64
1/2pi = (a) 1.57 (b) 0.159
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??-: Lotus 123 (can someone test this)
ab-: Lotus Improv (anybody remember this spreadsheet?)

Lotus 123, 2.4: aba

Thanks, I suspected it would be ab.

I should have explained what I was testing on the last one: 1/2pi. On Casio's, older TIs, and some software, implied multiplication is given a higher priority than explicit multiplication and division. They treat 1/2pi as 1/(2*pi) but 1/2*pi as (1/2)*pi. I put dashes for things that don't support implied multiplication.

Am I correct that 123 requires explicit multiplication like other spreadsheets?