Lesson 1 #27

Recall that there are two parts to an exponential expression, the base and the exponent.  The base is the number we repeatedly multiply by itself.  The exponent is the number of times we multiply the base by itself.  Their corresponding locations in exponential form are shown below.

In this example, 5 is multiplied by itself 2 times.  So 5 is the base and 2 is the exponent.  So the resulting answer is