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 97 times) = 76022570320154164480091054377813911753867812881741083004748195852252676763610588616052907185031487216474277854786135395181806036872961373075489877049193410130101256072521209716796875
Therefore, 75 to the power of 97 is 76022570320154164480091054377813911753867812881741083004748195852252676763610588616052907185031487216474277854786135395181806036872961373075489877049193410130101256072521209716796875.