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:
76 x 76 x 76 x 76 x ... (for a total of 97 times) = 274737822130594276068997565076453033470006392579719507034436773274450458349138576164521686592856378343497613313590128743705808966353954094423165481013932625641603507416235015485259776
Therefore, 76 to the power of 97 is 274737822130594276068997565076453033470006392579719507034436773274450458349138576164521686592856378343497613313590128743705808966353954094423165481013932625641603507416235015485259776.