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 83 times) = 956570462356466803234578874168547915043332156501668497081451328749195168938308211963769086136648219160147954594712364660541957461752642786000450179
Therefore, 59 to the power of 83 is 956570462356466803234578874168547915043332156501668497081451328749195168938308211963769086136648219160147954594712364660541957461752642786000450179.