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:
97 x 97 x 97 x 97 x ... (for a total of 83 times) = 798093813043768796949676592271293486117858305940363175618115354629854296444644754487782540990741404085504913108784603020911179236730733053809676021134666071376669473
Therefore, 97 to the power of 83 is 798093813043768796949676592271293486117858305940363175618115354629854296444644754487782540990741404085504913108784603020911179236730733053809676021134666071376669473.