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What is 15 to the Power of 86?

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Solution: 15 to the Power of 86 is equal to 1.3926701872282606e+101 Methods Step-by-step: finding 15 to the power of 86 The first step is to understand what it means when a number has an exponent. The β€œpower” of a number indicates how many times the base would be multiplied by itself to reach the correct value. The second step is to write the number in the base-exponent form, and lastly calculate what the final result would be. Consider the example of 2 to the power of 4: in exponent form that would be 2 4 2^4 2 4 . To solve this, we need to multiply the base, 2 by itself, 4 times - 2 β‹… 2 β‹… 2 β‹… 2 2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2 2 β‹… 2 β‹… 2 β‹… 2 = 16. So 2 4 = 16 2^4 = 16 2 4 = 16 . So re-applying these steps to our particular problem, we first convert our word problem to a base-exponent form of: 1 5 86 15^{86} 1 5 86 To simplify this, all that is needed is to multiply it out: 15 x 15 x 15 x 15 x ... (for a total of 86 times) = 1.3926701872282606e+101 Therefore, 15 to the power of 86 is 1.3926701872282606e+101. Related exponent problems: Here some other problems that you can read and practice with! What is 16 to the Power of 85? What is 17 to the Power of 22? What is 3 to the Power of 49? What is 7 to the Power of 41? What is 6 to the Power of 23?