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:
85 x 85 x 85 x 85 x ... (for a total of 94 times) = 23194179675962859783618450189912799810902961869273293616669563703110682349336024235183186991618181879498797442080946007444891068081816378637118047922882624334306456148624420166015625
Therefore, 85 to the power of 94 is 23194179675962859783618450189912799810902961869273293616669563703110682349336024235183186991618181879498797442080946007444891068081816378637118047922882624334306456148624420166015625.