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:
59 x 59 x 59 x 59 x ... (for a total of 93 times) = 488919189022930724979613792621858909436902741445876996549674255477956124699504163824202072362533451376978807604502739230886865021683355980533142394664467315445260779
Therefore, 59 to the power of 93 is 488919189022930724979613792621858909436902741445876996549674255477956124699504163824202072362533451376978807604502739230886865021683355980533142394664467315445260779.