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 89 times) = 40348652567413872127735881816334341234605682000055704913774068089409577275076987788364320610942716931267361565319605418282649582007448319855547952616453971739
Therefore, 59 to the power of 89 is 40348652567413872127735881816334341234605682000055704913774068089409577275076987788364320610942716931267361565319605418282649582007448319855547952616453971739.