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:
96 x 96 x 96 x 96 x ... (for a total of 76 times) = 4493799700976753574369529094822928610190931230592150241145225158343714754971197211532488722045392304613652456210355369709959844032075008006287152644096
Therefore, 96 to the power of 76 is 4493799700976753574369529094822928610190931230592150241145225158343714754971197211532488722045392304613652456210355369709959844032075008006287152644096.