The first step is to understand what it means when a number has an exponent. The “power” of a number indicates how many times the base would be multiplied by itself to reach the correct value.
The second step is to write the number in the base-exponent form, and lastly calculate what the final result would be. Consider the example of 2 to the power of 4: in exponent form that would be
So re-applying these steps to our particular problem, we first convert our word problem to a base-exponent form of:
To simplify this, all that is needed is to multiply it out:
19 x 19 x 19 x 19 x ... (for a total of 97 times) = 10942065052959904423889340990386629470628945828095864965495389114171377882574435992542632419141451340745154782894654048059539
Therefore, 19 to the power of 97 is 10942065052959904423889340990386629470628945828095864965495389114171377882574435992542632419141451340745154782894654048059539.