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:
69 x 69 x 69 x 69 x ... (for a total of 97 times) = 23354028266170206359859445636512284072395392194272377723354535273810853129797925807143062471911535768881367220144968440616215701725321492115213632656435408645829282449164565512389
Therefore, 69 to the power of 97 is 23354028266170206359859445636512284072395392194272377723354535273810853129797925807143062471911535768881367220144968440616215701725321492115213632656435408645829282449164565512389.