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:
38 x 38 x 38 x 38 x ... (for a total of 91 times) = 575847243312304883002345778263859824740388431330649991085597151685279213476164186571625685859402394856505868820055230095168898857798229045542912
Therefore, 38 to the power of 91 is 575847243312304883002345778263859824740388431330649991085597151685279213476164186571625685859402394856505868820055230095168898857798229045542912.