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:
84 x 84 x 84 x 84 x ... (for a total of 97 times) = 4519503717979931931902399033931858739479976963836949554878083520299215819305251002187338042666770811619290852283899562927905295296761948655489660166363021360474987214948655421573136646144
Therefore, 84 to the power of 97 is 4519503717979931931902399033931858739479976963836949554878083520299215819305251002187338042666770811619290852283899562927905295296761948655489660166363021360474987214948655421573136646144.