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 77 times) = 431404771293768343139474793103001146578329398136846423149941615200996616477234932307118917316357661242910635796194115492156145027079200768603566653833216
Therefore, 96 to the power of 77 is 431404771293768343139474793103001146578329398136846423149941615200996616477234932307118917316357661242910635796194115492156145027079200768603566653833216.