An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
9^2
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We want to write the given product as a power.
9* 9To do so, we should identify the base and the exponent. An exponent is the count of times a number, called a base, is used as a factor.
Let's look for both of them in the given product.
9* 9_(2times)
We can see that the number 9 is used two times as a factor. Therefore, we have 9 in the base and 2 in the exponent. With that in mind, let's write our product as a power!
9* 9= 9^2