power and ^

Hi,
I am try to replicate an access query that contains the following syntax
173.3^2 which in access = 17.33
the access help describes the ^ operator as Used to raise a number to the power of an exponent.

I tried to replicate this with the power function
power(173.3,2) = 33043.29
so i guess power is not the right way to replicate this.
can any tell me how i can replicate this correctly ?Access also return the same result as power() function. What is the logic behind here.|||It turns out that it was the way that access priorities it's mathematic operations,
it did a ^ before a division.
so 173.3/10^2 results in 173.3 /100.
i had written the t-sql code as power(173.3/10,2) when it should have been 173.3/ power(10,2)
so my own fault did not read the code right.sql