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 99 times) = 260012907235867553449540532642775137662974869658671541594797759696526892924119501118834973478826233780460690748775586392622828175101680252607658628741725797609403311230055610137633332678442876928
Therefore, 92 to the power of 99 is 260012907235867553449540532642775137662974869658671541594797759696526892924119501118834973478826233780460690748775586392622828175101680252607658628741725797609403311230055610137633332678442876928.