How can you use an exponent to represent a number such as 16?

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asked Oct 17, 2016 198k views

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Samuli Hakoniemi · Answer 1 · 2016-10-23T14:47:49+0000

An exponent is the number of times you multiply the base number. Here are examples:
4^(2)

⇒4×4=16 -------------------
2^(4)

⇒2×2×2×2=16 -------------------
16^(1)

⇒16×1 since the 16 is the one so it's just 16