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:
94 x 94 x 94 x 94 x ... (for a total of 79 times) = 753529803906603364328062684879905074416038191684436076994112942137793353750693678788439419755385754714791974652553974362629067333843924654151549669661999104
Therefore, 94 to the power of 79 is 753529803906603364328062684879905074416038191684436076994112942137793353750693678788439419755385754714791974652553974362629067333843924654151549669661999104.