pow

pow(palo, maemo)

pow(palo, maemo) multiplies palo by itself maemo times:

• pow(2, 3) is 8
• pow(2, -3) is 1 ÷ (2 × 2 × 2), which is 0.125
• pow(9, 0.5) is 3 — a power of 0.5 is the square root, so this equals sqrt(9)

The name is left as it stands. In the Botswana syllabus powers are called indices, in English, and what is written is the small raised number beside the base. It is notation, not a word — see sq and sqrt.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
palo	palo	The number being raised.
maemo	palo	The power to raise the number to.

Examples

Changing the power changes the shape of the growth

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tiro setaLoeto() {
  thalaKanefase(400, 400);
  bokamorago(20, 24, 34);
  boketeMothalo(3);

  metlha maemo = [0.5, 1, 2, 3];

  gopheta (diri m = 0; m < 4; m = m + 1) {
    mothaloMmala(70 + m * 55, 200 - m * 30, 240 - m * 40);

    gopheta (diri x = 0; x < 360; x = x + 6) {
      metlha tekanyo = selekanyo(x, 0, 360);
      metlha y = 370 - pow(tekanyo, maemo[m]) * 330;

      thalaNtlha(x + 20, y);
    }
  }
}

See also

sq, sqrt, exp, log