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:
92 x 92 x 92 x 92 x ... (for a total of 96 times) = 333911537401202475766340989770967496176870414926994562128603188564003674031344390974093569541107906864444669429573316132549658110952885176871428131346220562804876036654032950472632598265856
Therefore, 92 to the power of 96 is 333911537401202475766340989770967496176870414926994562128603188564003674031344390974093569541107906864444669429573316132549658110952885176871428131346220562804876036654032950472632598265856.