Question

What is a number raised to the second power please help

Answer 1

`\text{A power is a short way to represent same multiplication.}`
`\text{The power has a base and an exponent. The base is the number that is}`
`\text{being multiplied.}`
`\text{The exponent tells how many times the base is multiplied.}`

`\text{The power if a negative base is a positive if the exponent is even}`
`\text{,and negative if the exponent is odd.}`

`\text{Power of two = two squared}`

Answer 2

A number raised to the second power has an exponent above it. To the second power means the number multiplied by itself once.

x^2 is equal to (x)(x)

Hope this helps :)