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:
89 x 89 x 89 x 89 x ... (for a total of 84 times) = 56073873579970244676750994984540745950297107231802977784868081120945469774731210463163833675134360235757888500319927436186966327310453699646253978197716996712403041
Therefore, 89 to the power of 84 is 56073873579970244676750994984540745950297107231802977784868081120945469774731210463163833675134360235757888500319927436186966327310453699646253978197716996712403041.