The first step a math tutor would suggest 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:
48 x 48 x 48 x 48 x ... (for a total of 93 times) = 2266914163568317249237943787260451003349298125939300268210873764141438021415958860165824505314858029752940352423264276297927644459987280320930577801814212608
Therefore, 48 to the power of 93 is 2266914163568317249237943787260451003349298125939300268210873764141438021415958860165824505314858029752940352423264276297927644459987280320930577801814212608.