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The two parts
In , the base is and the exponent (or power) is .
The base is the number you multiply. The exponent tells you how many copies of the base to multiply together. If , then .
You read as "x to the power of n" or "x to the n." These terms appear everywhere in math and CS, so get comfortable with them now.
