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Question: What is an Exponent ?

Answer:

When one number is expressed as a power of another number, the power to which the second number has been raised is called its exponent.

In 32 = 25, 27 = 33, 5 = 25 ½ the components are 5,3, and ½. Many calculators have an exponential key labeled x y for raising numbers to a power.