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:
75 x 75 x 75 x 75 x ... (for a total of 88 times) = 1012491016308819453003555827811697916110649999495561370888416961514653543541123514818197088914946613060785098509630476910762554576539429262993508018553256988525390625
Therefore, 75 to the power of 88 is 1012491016308819453003555827811697916110649999495561370888416961514653543541123514818197088914946613060785098509630476910762554576539429262993508018553256988525390625.