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 88 times) = 431768660962832521370586126154342467616447603214530872539914484466966687684579712207623071769979882404571571478677384624946153437285325654565951385817609785491072437207433216
Therefore, 94 to the power of 88 is 431768660962832521370586126154342467616447603214530872539914484466966687684579712207623071769979882404571571478677384624946153437285325654565951385817609785491072437207433216.