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:
72 x 72 x 72 x 72 x ... (for a total of 93 times) = 53941394302278852592844463900943490257470046688729154980853252214365859008999644118964948656119979243077557615889156401307286271467738038256649886707507354269362102942564352
Therefore, 72 to the power of 93 is 53941394302278852592844463900943490257470046688729154980853252214365859008999644118964948656119979243077557615889156401307286271467738038256649886707507354269362102942564352.