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:
72 x 72 x 72 x 72 x ... (for a total of 94 times) = 3883780389764077386684801400867931298537843361588499158621434159434341848647974376565476303240638505501584148344019260894124611545677138754478791842940529507394071411864633344
Therefore, 72 to the power of 94 is 3883780389764077386684801400867931298537843361588499158621434159434341848647974376565476303240638505501584148344019260894124611545677138754478791842940529507394071411864633344.