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 97 times) = 247401198496912878101716003519507446381611776580983668069501390110401010631118711665869970329646762604799018355894342428604495401754390367253979568971697283600573818242446630549753578142040064
Therefore, 94 to the power of 97 is 247401198496912878101716003519507446381611776580983668069501390110401010631118711665869970329646762604799018355894342428604495401754390367253979568971697283600573818242446630549753578142040064.