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:
71 x 71 x 71 x 71 x ... (for a total of 76 times) = 496174570750929545617188914398472332949789292228541134386575478410688031812639348693171074597035467309778067707711942154526306465963504620321
Therefore, 71 to the power of 76 is 496174570750929545617188914398472332949789292228541134386575478410688031812639348693171074597035467309778067707711942154526306465963504620321.