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:
59 x 59 x 59 x 59 x ... (for a total of 62 times) = 62061850642980541225898598225152260931869274882209693706947665482357895443470082017673434930064203778097683881
Therefore, 59 to the power of 62 is 62061850642980541225898598225152260931869274882209693706947665482357895443470082017673434930064203778097683881.