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:
89 x 89 x 89 x 89 x ... (for a total of 75 times) = 160048090991328585970497799497983321967220566570634771859854167668827291996230167371329321760174751030402623727851669472527005106684936862989754249
Therefore, 89 to the power of 75 is 160048090991328585970497799497983321967220566570634771859854167668827291996230167371329321760174751030402623727851669472527005106684936862989754249.