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Exercise 1 Page 389

An exponent is a number or expression written above a number indicating how many times the number is being multiplied by itself.

4^5

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We want to write the given expression using exponents. Recall that an exponent 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 4 is being multiplied by itself five times. 4^5