[Blindmath] Bases, exponents, and recursion

Bente Casilenc bente at casilenc.com
Sun Sep 8 21:37:26 UTC 2013


Base exponent is the power so if it was 2 to the fifth power the base exponent is 5. It is confusing because we are used to just referring to it as the exponent.

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On Sep 8, 2013, at 5:01 PM, "Andy B." <sonfire11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have what most likely is a simple problem. However, it is quite
> complicated to figure out. I have the following problem I have to solve:
> 
> 
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> Create a function called power that takes a base and exponent as the
> arguments, then returns a base exponent. For example, power(2,5)= 2*2*2*2*2.
> In the recursion step, use the relationship:
> 
> Base exponent=base*base exponent-1
> 
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> 
> I am totally confused. What exactly is a base exponent?
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> 
> The sample that I have used 6! As an example, but it doesn't seem to help
> when trying to figure out the power of a number through recursion. I assume
> the example wants something like this:
> 
> 
> 
> Power(2,5)=
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> Recursion steps:
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> Exponent = result
> 
> 1=2
> 
> 2=4
> 
> 3=8
> 
> 4=16
> 
> 5=32
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