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:
93 x 93 x 93 x 93 x ... (for a total of 97 times) = 87668991309035256514573559410832306333306638946730085430793870881557165031732776237860606039466784699797028670575597959396531895204192913237178857939260361372079386287492659034512057443926493
Therefore, 93 to the power of 97 is 87668991309035256514573559410832306333306638946730085430793870881557165031732776237860606039466784699797028670575597959396531895204192913237178857939260361372079386287492659034512057443926493.