A power is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times the number is being multiplied by itself.
17^5
Practice makes perfect
We want to write the given expression as a power. Recall that a power is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times that number is being multiplied by itself. Let's consider the given expression.
We can see that the factor 17 is being multiplied by itself five times.
17^5