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:
75 x 75 x 75 x 75 x ... (for a total of 79 times) = 13484654015102330269174624748558133339476209595476524920498560989650832622976389913554918339507177002195115016192072943113089422695338726043701171875
Therefore, 75 to the power of 79 is 13484654015102330269174624748558133339476209595476524920498560989650832622976389913554918339507177002195115016192072943113089422695338726043701171875.